Mythology

Asclepius

The Greek demigod Asclepius had a few character traits, but the most important trait was that he was involved in his profession. Asclepius was the demigod of medicine. When he was little, a tutor named Chiron taught him many medical information, such as diagnostics, surgery, herbology, and hunting. As he grew older, he doctored everyone he could. He was very drawn into what he was doing, and with much practice he became very good at being a doctor. Another way that Asclepius was occupied was that when he had shown people how good he was at mending people that Athena wanted to give him two vials of Gorgon blood. One vial was to help people rise from the dead and the other was a poison. However, Asclepius insisted that he only needed the first vial because he wanted to help people and to be the best doctor. In conclusion, Asclepius was very determined to achieve his goals.

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By Leah, June 2006