Apollo Medicus: God of Plague and Healing
The arrows that made Apollo a god of healing were the same arrows that brought the plague. To the Romans, the power to kill and the power to cure were one weapon, pointed either way.
Aesculapius
Gods, Goddesses, and Ancient Legends
The arrows that made Apollo a god of healing were the same arrows that brought the plague. To the Romans, the power to kill and the power to cure were one weapon, pointed either way.