Head of Asklepios

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This is a marble head of a sculpture depicting Asklepios, a renowned hero and deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Asklepios embodied the healing aspect of medical arts; his daughters, Hygieia ("Hygiene"), Iaso, Aceso, Aglæa/Ægle, and Panacea, represented health, cleanliness, sanitation, recuperation from illness, the healing process, good health's radiant glow, and universal remedy respectively. Asclepius was associated with Vediovis, a Roman/Etruscan god, and Imhotep, an Egyptian deity. He was one of Apollo's sons, sharing with him the esteemed epithet Paean ("the Healer"). The rod of Asklepios, a staff entwined with serpents, remains a powerful symbol of medicine to this day. Physicians and attendants who served under this deity were known as the Therapeutae of Asclepius.