Asclepius
Ἀσκληπιός · Roman 아이스쿨라피우스 (Aesculapius)
The god of healing, struck by lightning for raising the dead.
A son of Apollo, he learned medicine from the centaur Chiron.
When his skill reached the point of reviving the dead, Hades protested, and Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt.
His staff, wound with a single snake, survives today in the logo of the World Health Organization.
His daughters left their names behind too: Hygieia in hygiene, Panacea in panacea — the cure-all.
SourcesApollodorus, Library