Aceso

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

Aceso (Ancient Greek: Ἀκεσώ) or Akeso was the Greek goddess of the healing process.^[1]

Family[edit]

Aceso was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione, sister of Iaso, Hygieia, Panacea, and Aegle.^[2]

Mythology[edit]

Unlike her sister Panacea (Cure-All), she represented the process of curing rather than the cure itself.^[3] Her male counterpart was Acesis (Akesis).^[4] In Greek sculptural reliefs, Aceso appears alongside her father Asclepius and sisters Hygeia, Panacea and Iaso.

References[edit]

^ Aceso, on Theoi
^ Suidas, s.v. Epione (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.)
^ Aceso, on Theoi
^ Nigel Guy Wilson, Encyclopedia of ancient Greece, Routledge, 2005, p.335

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[1] Aceso, on Theoi

[2] Suidas, s.v. Epione (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek Lexicon C10th A.D.)

[3] Aceso, on Theoi

[4] Nigel Guy Wilson, Encyclopedia of ancient Greece, Routledge, 2005, p.335

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