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A Hero In The Eyes of The People
Asclepiades From Perge

Between 200 and 100 BC, a physician from Perge was de-
cided to be honored by the senate for healing a large number of
people. It not only provided medical benefits to the city, but also
provided great benefits to humanity by providing health educa-
tion to its people. The help he made throughout his professional
life was highly appreciated by the people, so much so that the
city of Sleukeia, one of the neighboring cities of Perge, decided
to honor this great person.

“Where the art of medicine is loved,
there is also the love of humanity.”
Hippocrates

There is a 50-line Greek inscription mentioning a physician
from Asia Minor. This inscription was prepared for Myron’s Son
Asclepiades. In the inscription; It contains two honorary prais-
es for the cities of Perge and Seleucia, and is thanked for the
health services he provided, his speeches to the public in the
gymnasium, successful treatments and prescriptions. In addi-
tion, the city of Seleucia praised itself for its services and they
wrote that it received 1000 Drachms for its services. This in-
scription also states that it would be appropriate for him to be
rewarded with a golden crown and a bronze in the Seleucid
sports competition. He went down in history as a successful
physician who was known for his services around Antalya 2000
years ago (Yaman 2020).

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