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Aceso
Aceso
Goddess of the healing process and curing of sickness
	The statue of Akeso, 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'^[1]) was the Greek goddess of well-being and the healing process worshipped in Athens and Epidauros.^[2]

Family

Aceso was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione, sister of Iaso, Hygieia, Panacea, and Aegle.^[3]

Mythology

Unlike her sister Panacea (Cure-All), she represented the process of curing rather than the cure itself.^[4] Her male counterpart was Acesis (Akesis).^[5] In Greek sculptural reliefs, Aceso appears alongside her father Asclepius and sisters Hygeia, Panacea and Iaso.

References

^ Souidas; Dyer, Robert. "Ἀκεσώ". Suda On Line. The University of Kentucky. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ "Ακεσώ". Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ Souidas; Whitehead, David. "Ἠπιόνη". Suda On Line. The University of Kentucky. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
^ Aceso, on Theoi
^ Nigel Guy Wilson, Encyclopedia of ancient Greece, Routledge, 2005, p.335

External links

Media related to Aceso at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Souidas; Dyer, Robert. "Ἀκεσώ". Suda On Line. The University of Kentucky. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[2] "Ακεσώ". Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[3] Souidas; Whitehead, David. "Ἠπιόνη". Suda On Line. The University of Kentucky. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[4] Aceso, on Theoi

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

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