Asklepios, God of Healing

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Human: Asclepios, God of Healing, and his Daughter Hygieia, found near Porta S. Giovanni, Rome, 2nd cent. A.D., marble, Nye Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen, Denmark), created with Memento Beta. The lighting conditions were extremely poor, and the sculpture is situated against a wall in a corner, making it very difficult to obtain a good 3D scan. Asclepius was a god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. He embodies the healing aspect of medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia, the goddess/personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation), Iaso (the goddess of recovery from illness), Aceso (the goddess of the healing process), Aglæa/Ægle (the goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence, and adornment), and Panacea (the goddess of universal remedy). He was one of Apollo's sons, sharing with Apollo the epithet Paean ("the Healer"). The rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined staff, remains a symbol of medicine today. ref. Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius