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title: Statue of Asklepios
author: Nina Aldin Thune
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/535/statue-of-asklepios/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2026-05-07
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# Statue of Asklepios
_Authored by Nina Aldin Thune_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/535.jpg)
## Image Caption
Statue of [Asclepius](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asclepius/), the [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) [God](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) of [medicine](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/medicine/), holding the symbolic Rod of Asclepius with its coiled serpent. The Glypotek, Copenhagen.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Thune, N. A. (2012, April 26). Statue of Asklepios. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Thune, Nina Aldin. "Statue of Asklepios." *World History Encyclopedia*, April 26, 2012. .
### MLA
Thune, Nina Aldin. "Statue of Asklepios." *World History Encyclopedia*, 26 Apr 2012, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asklepios.3.jpg) by [**Nina Aldin Thune**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asklepios.3.jpg). Submitted by [Jan van der Crabben](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jvdc/ "User Page: Jan van der Crabben"), published on 26 April 2012. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.