v_public_serpent_dragon_beings: 66
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| rowid | entity_id | canonical_name | tradition | category | serpent_flag | primary_domains | short_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | ENT_PHO_ESHMUN | Eshmun | Phoenician | Healing Deity | healing; serpent; Sidon; Asclepius-identified; mystery cult; dying deity | Chief deity of Sidon; god of healing and medicine; identified with Asclepius throughout the Greco-Roman world; his great temple complex at Sidon (the Eshmunazar II sarcophagus inscriptions attest it) was later described by Greek authors as an Asclepion; attested in Phoenician inscriptions from Sidon, Carthage, and across the western Mediterranean |