Caduceus
The caduceus (Latin: cādūceus; from Greek: κηρύκειον, kērykeion) is the staff of the messenger god Hermes in Greek mythology. It is also called the "herald's wand". The caduceus appeared as a golden staff with wings and a pair of serpents wrapped around it. It is often associated with medicine.
Caduceus Media
Hermes hastens bearing his kerukeion, on an Attic lekythos, c. 475 BC, attributed to the Tithonos Painter
The Caduceus, symbol of God Ningishzida, on the libation vase of Sumerian ruler Gudea, c. 2100 BCE
Caduceus symbol on a punch-marked coin of king Ashoka in India, third to second century BC
Part of an 1845 Columbian printing press, showing the caduceus that is part of the machine's elaborate decoration
La Retorique (1633–35)
Allegory of Rhetoric (1650)
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