Monday, April 18, 2011

Icon Project | English 121 | Mary-Kay Ayres


This is a response to the assignment which I was given in my English 121 class.



Rod of Asclepius
Sexual Fables

Caduceus

The staff that was carried by Hermes, messenger of the Gods.
britannica encyclopedia





TechBlog Facts and Figures



Mercury/Hermes holding Caduceus like a know-it-all

"They have been the symbol of the American medical profession for nearly a hundred years -- a decidedly odd symbol for doctors, until you begin to investigate its underlying meanings."




Roman copy of a Greek Statue Asclepius


State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia



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