Asclepius

Asclepius

Asclepius was the God of medicine and healing. His parents were Apollo and a mortal Coronis. But because Coronis insulted Apollo by sleeping with another man while Asclepius was still in her belly. Apollo slayed her with his arrows and rescued Asclepius from her funeral Pyre. When the Olympian Gods have children with mortals they aren't aloud to keep in touch with their children. Since Apollo had killed his mother he had no one to raise him. After some thought, Apollo left Asclepius to be cared by a centaur named Chiron. After he grew Athena gave him two vials filled of Gorgon's blood from the right side of his body which could bring back the life of a mortal and blood from the left side of his body which could kill one. He used the blood to raise dead mortals but Zeus thought that was overstepping the boundaries. Zeus then ended Asclepius's life with one of his lightning bolts. Before he died he had 10 children.