Asklepios statue found in Turkey

[guy]

 

Standing 2.2 m tall (about 7.2 feet), a newly unearthed marble statue group from Aspendos (a Greco-Roman city in southern Turkey) has been announced. It is a pairing of Asklepios, god of medicine, and his son Telesphoros, the embodiment of recovery. The article does not give a separate measurement for the Telesphoros statuette, but because he is carved “on a much smaller scale” at Asklepios’ feet. 
 

Artistic quality and workmanship indicate probable Roman craftsmanship from the late 2nd century AD.
 

Aspendos is best known for its well preserved Roman theatre, built in the 2nd century AD and often considered the best‑preserved Roman theatre in the world (pictured below).

 

 

 

 

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/08/rare-sculptures-of-asklepios-and-telesphoros-unearthed-in-turkey/158858

[guidoLaMoto]

Magister Craft gives us a short history of the Tiber Island and how it became associated with Asclepius, god of medicine when envoys were sent from Rome to Greece to bring him back during pestilence there. The Greeks didn't want to give up a good thing and refused to let him go, so he turned himself into a snake for the Romans to sneak out of the country. Arriving at Rome, he slithered onto the Tiber Island and made it his home. 

The good Magister also has an interesting piece about Roman theaters.