When Hercules was married, Hera drove him into a fit of madness and Hercules killed his wife Megara and his children. When Hercules regained his sanity and realized what he had done, he went to the Oracle of Delphi to find out what he had to do for atonement. The oracle told him that the only way to atone himself was by going to serve his cousin Eurystheus,
the king of Tyrins. Hera who still hated her husbands illegitimate child, plotted the destruction of Hercules with Eurystheus. When Hercules arrived at Tyrins, his cousin decreed that Hercules would have to perform 12 perilous labours. These labours included such feats as the slaying of the Lion of Nemea, the killing of the Lernaia Hydra, an awesome water snake with nine heads, the destruction of the man-eating birds of Stymphalus, the Harpes and bringing Eurystheus three golden apples from the garden of Esperides, which was guarded by the immortal dragon with the hundred heads.
Hippocrates-Father of Medicine
Hippocrates is considered by scientists to be the founder of medicine. He may have been the most important doctor of the ancient times and the best representative of the Medical School of Kos. He was also a profound philosopher and humanitarian. He was born in Kos in 460 BC and was the son...
I swear by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and Hygeia, and Panacea and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfill, according to my ability and judgment, this Oath and covenant. To hold him, who has taught me this art, as equal to my parents...
According to the most popular myth, Asclepius was the son of Apollo and Koronida, daughter of the King of Thesallia Fleyia. Koronida fell in love with Ishi and so Apollo ordered her death from his sister Artemis. Apollo saved the infant Koronida was carrying, he took it to Pylio and entrusted its upbringing to either...
