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Quotation from The Library (Bibliotheca) by Apollodorus (attributed)

“having become a surgeon, and carried the art to a great pitch, he not only prevented some from dying, but even raised up the dead”

Apollodorus (attributed) (spoken by Narrator)

The Library (Bibliotheca), Book III.10.3, trans. Sir James George Frazer (1921)

Portrait of Apollodorus (attributed)

Asclepius, raised by Chiron and taught the arts of healing, uses the Gorgon's blood given him by Athena.

Citation: "having become a surgeon, and carried the art to a great pitch, he not only prevented some from dying, but even raised up the dead" — Apollodorus (attributed), The Library (Bibliotheca), Book III.10.3, trans. Sir James George Frazer (1921). (id apollodorus-library-q6)

Portrait: Bibliotheke des Apollodor, Title page of an 1805 edition of the Bibliotheca, Public domain.

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