... > klassinen mytologia ja antiikin historia > jumalat ~ klassinen mytologia > Taivaan alemmat jumaluudet ~ syntymä ja parantaminen > Asklepios (Aesculapius) (Asklepioksen taru) > specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Aesculapius; Aesculapius as patron > veneration of Aesculapius > cult of Aesculapius introduced in Rome > Aesculapius in the shape of a serpent (or dragon) arrives at Rome and hides himself among the reeds of the Tiber island