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Vase painting featuring the bearded centaur; Achilles and Chiron are making eye contact; large, stylized flowers surround the pair.
Vase painting featuring a man kneeling and treating the left arm of a seated man.
Engraving of statue of a bearded Asclepius standing in a toga with his staff to his right with a single snake wrapped around it, to his left is his attendant.
Cross-section of restored temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus, showing a statue of the gad seated on a throne with snakes on and behind the throne.
Two snakes entwined around a winged staff
Illustrated title page featuring snakes, including the single-snake staff of Asclepius and the double snake of the caduceus with other ancient medical and mythological images involving snakes.
Photograph of a frieze of the Parthenon showing Apollo, seated, wearing a toga and facing left.
Eileithyia stands behind Zeus, who is seated, and Hera stands in front of him, both with outstretched hands to catch Athena.
Engraving of a Greek statue of Hygieia standing in robes and holding a snake that is entwined around her left arm

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Engraving of a Greek statue of Hygieia standing in robes and holding a snake that is entwined around her left arm

Hygieia

Engraving by Bouillon (Paris, ca. 1830)
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