title: Gods behaving badly.
abstract: This paper addresses the myths surrounding the birth and death of Asclepios, the popular healing God of the Greeks and his place among other deities of the Greek Pantheon. The enigmatic invocation of Asclepios by Socrates, the Athenian philosopher condemned to take the hemlock, in his final moments is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Formerly Consultant Medical Oncologist, Charing Cross and Cromwell Hospitals, London, UK sretsas@msn.com.
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Retsas
mesh_terms: D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D009229:Mythology
keywords: Asclepios; Hippocrates; Medical Genealogy; Socrates