Prayer to Asclepius, Apollo
Asclepius · Apollo
I begin to sing of Asklepios, son of Apollon and healer of sicknesses. In the Dotian plain fair Koronis, daughter of King Phlegyas, bare him, a great joy to men, a soother of cruel pangs. And so hail to you, lord: in my song I make my prayer to thee!
Fons · Source
AuthorAnonymous (Homeric corpus)
WorkHomeric Hymns
Section16 (to Asclepius)
Periodarchaic Greek (7th-4th c. BC)
OccasionHomeric Hymn to Asclepius — short invocation of the healer-god, son of Apollo, born of Koronis in the Dotian plain
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Culturegreek
Formhymn
DeitiesAsclepius, Apollo
Functionsinvocation · praise
Spherehealing