Aceso

Aceso
Goddess of the healing process and curing of sickness
The statue of Aceso, 2nd c. AD, Archaeological Museum, Dion
Genealogy
Parents	Asclepius and Epione
Siblings	Iaso Hygieia Panacea Aegle Machaon Podalirius Telesphorus

Aceso or Akeso (Ancient Greek: Ἀκεσώ, romanized: Akesó, lit. 'healing one') was the Greek goddess of well-being and the healing process worshipped in Athens and Epidauros.

Family

Aceso was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione, sister of Iaso, Hygieia, Panacea, and Aegle.

Mythology

Unlike her sister Panacea (Cure-All), she represented the process of curing rather than the cure itself. Her male counterpart was Acesis (Akesis). In Greek sculptural reliefs, Aceso appears alongside her father Asclepius and sisters Hygeia, Panacea, Aegle, and Iaso.

References

External links

• Media related to Aceso at Wikimedia Commons

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