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The Reality of Dreams
Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their […]https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/
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From @joannechocolat
#Anyte of Tegea (#Greece: early 3rd century BC) was an Arcadian poet. She is named as one of the nine outstanding women poets of antiquity by Antipater of Thessalonica in the Palatine Anthology.
No reliable information about her life survives, and she can only be approximately dated by the style of her work. She was known for her #epigrams, and she introduced rural themes to the genre.
Only one story about Anyte's life is preserved. #Pausanias claims that Anyte was once visited by the god #Asclepius while she was asleep, and told to go to Naupactus to visit a certain blind man there. On doing so, the man was cured, and he built a temple to Asclepius.
Though so little is known about Anyte's life, more of her #poetry survives than any other ancient #Greek woman, with the exception of #Sappho.
Personal note: Joanne's 'Celebrating Women' posts never fail to send me down *multiple* rabbit holes, and this one was a veritable warren of warrens! 😄 But interesting!
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The Rod of Asclepius teaches patience and limits. In modern care, which value feels harder to protect? #RodOfAsclepius #Asclepius #MedicalEthics #AncientMedicine #HealingSymbols #HistoryOfMedicine #CareOverCure
https://medium.com/@skmohindroo9/rod-of-asclepius-b865c76be691 -
Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: dedicatory plinths at the Asclepion, by the acropolis, Athens.
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Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: this votive penis from the Sanctuary of Asklepios, Epidauros, Peloponnese, Greece.
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Asclepius, the ancient Greek god of medicine, symbolizes healing practices today. #asclepius #greekmythology https://connectparanormal.net/2024/11/17/asclepius-the-ancient-god-of-medicine-and-healing/
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Two engraved portal remains on opposite sides of a main street in the ruins of the Ancient Greek city of #Ephesus (now in #Turkey ), appear to mark locations of a hospital (Rod of #Asclepius shown) and an #alchemist. (Can anyone interpret the imagery?)
The feral cats 🐈 favor the former. Perhaps because their ancestors were fed amputated limbs and excised organs at the hospital? #caturday #histodons
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These two engraved ‘advertisements’ on opposite sides of a main street in the Ancient Greek ruins of #Ephesus (now in #Turkey ) appear to indicate locations of physicians and alchemists, respectively.
Note that it is the Rod of #Asclepius - with a single snake - marking the physician’s location. 👉 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_of_Asclepius
Our guide noted that the #Caduceus, which is favored by #American for-profit hospitals, has TWO snakes because “it costs twice as much!” 😂 ✅ #alchemy
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Here's a Rod of Aesculapius, displayed on the facade of the old Barber Surgeons Hall in Newcastle upon Tyne, built in 1851. Aesculapius was the Greek god of medicine (as Asclepius), imported by the Romans during a plague epidemic in 292 BC. Aesculapius is associated with snakes, which represent healing. I have a whole Fabulous Folklore episode about him!
#Aesculapius #GreekGods #RomanGods #GodOfMedicine #BarberSurgeonsHall #NewcastleUponTyne #History #Asclepius #NewcastleHistory #JohnDobson -
TIL a Greek origin myth for #garlic.
"In Greek #mythology, Zeus’s [edit— Apollon’s] son #Asclepius became so skilled at #herbal remedies that he was believe to even raise the dead. This angered Hades and so Zeus killed Asclepius with a lightening bolt and sent the rains to drown his writings on immortality. The parchment he was writing on soaked into the earth, thus becoming garlic: immortal gift of the fallen Asclepius."
(HT: Tina Orlandini https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl76_q5sf6G/)
