Category Articles by Maxwell Lewis Latham

The ‘Myth of Asclepius’ by Maxwell Lewis Latham “Joy is the best healer of labours decided, and Songs, the Muses’ wise daughters.” Pindar’s Nemean Ode 4.1-3 (c. 473 B.C.E.) (trans. Bowra) Who exactly was Asclepius? There was no Asclepius, only…