Transcript II. Apollo: the god of healing

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阿波羅：古希臘的醫神
Apollo：the God of Healing
in Ancient Greece
陳玲華
台大外文系副教授
[醫學與人文 2010年12月]
Outline
I. Apollo in the Hippocratic Oath
II. Apollo, the god of healing (The Iliad)
III. The cult of Apollo
IV. Apollo’s divine family
˙ father: Zeus ˙uncles: Poseidon, Hades
˙mother: Leto ˙sister: Artemis
˙son: Asclepius, the god of medicine
V. Apollo’s unhappy love
˙ Cassandra
˙ Daphne
˙ Coronis: mother of Asclepius (The Metamorphosis)
VI. The cult of Asclepius
I. Apollo in the Hippocratic Oath
希波克拉底誓言中的阿波羅
Apollo
Hippocrates
Hippocrates (460-377 BC)
the father of medicine
Hippocrates, who is often described as the
founder of modern medicine, left a legacy of
53 scientific books on medical topics, known
as the Corpus Hippocraticum.
 Modern doctors still take the Hippocratic
Oath which is the basis of medical ethics.
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The Hippocratic Oath:
“I swear by Apollo the physician
and Asclepius, and Health, and
All-heal, and all the gods and
goddesses . . .”
“Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them
for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from
every voluntary act of mischief and corruption;
and, further from the seduction of females or
males, of freemen and slaves….”
“Whatever, in connection with my professional
practice or not, I see or hear, in the life of men,
which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will
not divulge, as reckoning that all such should
be kept secret….”
II. Apollo: the god of healing
The Greeks believed that illness was a
punishment sent by the gods to whom they
prayed for a cure.
 Apollo was associated with light and
healing, but if he was angry, his arrows
could cause plague.
 Apollo, the god of archery, punished
Agamemnon and his Greek camp with
plague in the Trojan War. When his anger
was appeased, he granted his healing.
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(Homer, The Iliad, Book I )
III. The cult of Apollo
Apollo’s temple at Delphi was of paramount
importance in Greece.
 He was well-known as a god of prophecy,
and at Delphi he would reply to questions
about the future, known as the “oracle.”
 Apollo was also the patron god of music
and poetry, and the protector of herdsmen
and flocks.
 His forename Phoebus means “bright,” and
he became connected with the Greek sungod Helios in the Hellenistic Age.
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IV. Apollo’s divine family
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Father:
Zeus, the king of the gods
on Olympus
Uncles: Poseidon, the god of the ocean
Hades, the god of the
underworld
Mother: Leto, the goddess of Delos
Sister: Artemis, the goddess of hunting
Son by a mortal woman, Coronis:
Asclepius, the god of medicine
V. Apollo’s unhappy love
˙ Cassandra: the discredit of her prophesy
˙ Daphne: the laurel tree
˙ Coronis: mother of Asclepius
(The Metamorphosis)
VI. The cult of Asclepius
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Son of Apollo and Coronis
Father of Hygieia (Hygiene) and
two Greek doctors at Troy,
Machaon and Podalirius
Sanctuaries of Asclepius all over the Greek
world.
The temple and theater at Epidaurus.
“Temple sleep”: a healing ritual at Asclepius’
temple to provide divine medical cures for
the ailing people
˙ Asclepius & his staff with a serpent
twisted around it （厄斯克里皮斯與他的蛇杖）
˙Asclepius’ temple at Cos （厄斯克里皮斯的神廟）
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