Most of us barely glance at the symbol for human medicine, let alone veterinary medicine. Without looking, what do you picture? I bet it is a staff with two snakes. It may or may not have wings at the ...

Gregory Elder, a Redlands resident, is a former professor of history and humanities at Moreno Valley College and a Roman Catholic priest. This photo is from about 2017. (Courtesy Photo) In these days ...

In myth, snakes, or serpents, are often connected to seers and oracles. Teiresias is the most notorious seer in Greek myth. As a young man, he came upon a pair of coupling serpents on Mount Cithaeron, ...

The best-known seer in Greek myth is Teiresias. As a young man, Teiresias came upon a pair of coupling serpents on Mount Cithaeron, and, in disgust, struck them with his staff. This offended the ...