hermes and the mystery of his staff. the caduceus and hippocrates
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff
![Page 2: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
The Caduceus and Hippocrates
![Page 3: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Asclepius
• Patron god of doctors, likeHippocrates
• Son of Apollo• Staff with snake• Killed for bringing people
back to life
![Page 4: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Hermes’ Staff vs. Asclepius’ Rod
![Page 5: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Zeus fights a Snakey Creature - Typhoeus
![Page 6: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Apollo fights a snakey creature - Python
![Page 7: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Apollo and the ‘Pythia’
• After defeating the Python at Delphi, he names his priestessthe Pythia
![Page 8: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Curve-ball: Gilgamesh• 1,800 BC – Epic of Gilgamesh written• a Sumerian King of Uruk• Ruled ~ 2,500 BC• Sought immortality. • Found a plant of immortality
but someone stole it….. guess who
![Page 9: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
A serpentine slitherer
![Page 10: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
The ‘Immortality’ of Serpents
![Page 11: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
What does this have to do with Hermes’ staff?
![Page 12: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Greek: HermesRoman: Mercury
![Page 13: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
His Name
• Hermes: a ‘herm’ is a boundary stone/marker.– Significance for travelers– Crossing borders
• Mercury: Latin mercari =‘to trade’– How are the Greek and
Roman god connected?
![Page 15: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Titles
• Argeiphontes: The Argus-Slayer• Dolios: Crafty/Tricky • Hodios: Highwayman• Oneiropompos: Dream-Conductor• Psychopompos / Psychogogos: Soul-Conductor
![Page 16: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
![Page 17: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Hermes in modern art
![Page 18: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
![Page 19: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Homeric Hymn to Hermes
• read the story. • in groups, discuss, and answer questions
about it.
![Page 20: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Homeric Hymn to Hermes• The lyre
![Page 21: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Homeric Hymn to Hermes
• How does the ‘hymn’ praise Hermes? • What do we learn about him that is admirable
or awesome?• He is the god of….
![Page 22: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Homeric Hymn to Hermes
• How does the ‘hymn’ praise Hermes? • What do we learn about him that is admirable
or awesome?• He is the god of trickery, thieves, exchange,
roads, crossroads, crossing boundaries, and, yes, he is the ‘messenger of the gods’.
![Page 23: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Hermes GenealogyZeus
Hermes
Autolycus
Anticleia
Odysseus
Telemachus
Maia
![Page 24: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
The Greatest Boundary of All: Death
![Page 25: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Hermes the Psychopomp(os)
Death
Sleep
The Death of Sarpedon
![Page 26: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
The Gift Exchange
• Once Zeus gets involved Hermes returns Apollo’s cattle.
• But he soothes his brother’s anger by playing sweet music on his lyre.
• Hermes then gives Apollo his lyre. Apollo is hereafter thought of as the god of music.
• What does Apollo give Hermes in return? ….
![Page 27: Hermes and the Mystery of his Staff. The Caduceus and Hippocrates](https://reader035.vdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062322/56649f2b5503460f94c46914/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)