Single Snake Climber Earring with a Semi-Precious Stone wrestling where it was offered to

where it was offered to gods and especially to  Zeus and Apollo as a sign of reverence and a plea for divine favor

Athens 5th Century BC Living in Athens The Agora and Democracy The Parthenon The Gods of Olympus War and Conquest Homer’s Epics

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Asclepius is depicted

Single Snake Climber Earring with a Semi-Precious Stone wrestling where it was offered toAn exclusive Artpoint Store jewel! The snake is an Ancient Greek symbol associated with the God of medicine, Asclepius, who in many myths transforms into a snake. God Asclepius is depicted with a rod, where a snake is wrapped around it, and on which he rests. The snake symbolizes rebirth, the primordial life giving momentum, but also death, good and evil, the light of knowledge and the darkness of unconsciousness. The serpent and the rod, are archaic