To Asklepios
I begin to sing of Asklepios, healer of illnesses,
Apollo’s son to whom heavenly Koronis – daughter of Phlegyas the king –
Gave birth on Dotios’ fertile plain;
A great source of joy to mortals, soother of bodily pains.
So hail to you, lord! I pray to you with song.
I begin to sing of Asklepios, healer of illnesses,
Apollo’s son to whom heavenly Koronis – daughter of Phlegyas the king –
Gave birth on Dotios’ fertile plain;
A great source of joy to mortals, soother of bodily pains.
So hail to you, lord! I pray to you with song.