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Asclepius’ Resurrection of the Dead and Zeus’ Thunderbolt

🏛️ Greek MythologySanctuary of Asclepius, EpidaurusAsclepius • Apollo • Zeus

Asclepius, the son of Apollo and a master of medicine, developed skills so advanced that he could bring the dead back to life. This disruption of the natural order of the universe angered Hades and worried Zeus, leading the King of the Gods to strike Asclepius down with a thunderbolt to maintain the boundary between mortality and divinity.