Born to \b \cf4 \ATXht9 Apollo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht10330 Coronis\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , he was raised by the centaur \b \cf4 \ATXht10320 Chiron\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , who taught him the art of medicine. He gained the power to work miraculous cures but when he became so skilled that he was able to raise the dead, \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 struck him down with a thunderbolt as his work was upsetting the order of nature. At Apollo's request, he was transformed into the constellation of Serpens and was henceforth venerated as a god. His most famous sanctuary was at \b \cf4 \ATXht10507 Epidaurus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the seat of a historical school of medicine. He was known to the Romans as Aesculapius.
