Æsculapius

Æsculapius. [Greek .] (Greek & Roman Mythology.) The son of Apollo, and the god of the medical art. He was killed with a flash of lightning by Jupiter, because he had restored several persons to life.


An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction; including also familiar pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analogous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation.
By William A. Wheeler.
Nineteenth Edition.
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1884

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