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Egypt remitted to Greece, along with the so-called forty-six 
hermetic treatises, the traditional caduceus, or serpent sceptre 
Fig. 15. The Caduceus or serpent-staff of Mercury. 
of Cyllenius (fig. 15) and HDsculapius (fig. 16),* and by a sub- 
Fig, 16. Staff or club of JEsculapius, the god of medicine. (From Maffei.) 
sequent transformation of the same deities into a feminine 
Fig. 17. The serpent and bowl of the goddess Hygeia. 
form, the snake and bowl of Hygeia (fig. 17), the goddess of 
* On the side of the rock grotto of Trophonios were sculptured images of 
Trophonios and Herkyna with serpent- twined staves. — Raol Rochette, 
Monumenti inediti, pp. 21, 22. 
