the work alexander the false prophet to denounce the swindler for future generations. he described alexander as having a character "made up of lying, trickery, perjury, and malice; facile, audacious, venturesome, diligent in the execution of its schemes, plausible, convincing, masking as good, and wearing an appearance absolutely opposite to its purpose." in rome, the college of aesculapius and hygia was an association (collegium) that served as a burial society and dining club that also participated in the imperial cult. the botanical genus asclepias (commonly known as milkweed) is named after him and includes the medicinal plant a. tuberosa or "pleurisy root". asclepius was depicted on the reverse of the greek 10,000 drachmas banknote of 1995–2001. at the city of miletus, archaeologists discovered a cave under the city's theatre which was associated with asclepius cult.