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Greek Gods of Health (Asclepius (God of Medicine and Healing) (Asklepios_-…
Greek Gods of Health
Asclepius (God of Medicine and Healing)
Son of Apollo (1)
Raised by Centaur Chiron who taught him medicine and healing arts (1)
So good at healing, he could bring people back from the Underworld (1)
Married to Epione (1)
Had 5 children (Panacea, Hygeia,Iaso,Aceso,and Aegle) (1)
Once healed a snake and earned symbol of staff with snake (1)
Paeon (Physician of Olympic Gods)
Treated Hades after he was shot by Heracles' arrow (7)
Was mentioned by Homer in the Illiad and the Odyssey (7)
Name means "Healing" (7)
Name was used also in the more general sense of deliverer from any evil or calamity (7)
Hygieia (Goddess of Cleanliness and Good Health)
Associated with Cleanliness and good health (2)
Cleanse the body, both inwardly and outwardly, through diet, exercise, lifestyle and physical regimen, and most diseases are greatly ameliorated, or vanish of their own accord (2)
Can also be seen holding a snake (2)
Hygieia was one of the first to promote disease prevention through cleanliness (2)
Epione (Goddess of Soothing Pain)
Married to Asclepius (1)
Name means "soothing" or "gentle one" (4)
She was worshipped, with the rest of her family, in Epidauros (6)
Name means "soothing" (6)
Iaso (Goddess of Recuperation from Illness)
Name means "Recovery, healing" (5)
Looked at as the Goddess of Recovery (5)
In the temple of Amphiaraus at Oropus a part of the altar was dedicated to her (5)
Often referred to as a "demi-god" (6)
Panacea (Goddess of Universal Remedy)
Symbolized by healing with the power of herbs (5)
Had a herb that could cure all ailments (5)
Panacea traditionally had a poultice or potion with which she healed the sick (8)
Name means "all healing" (5)
Aceso
(Goddess of the Healing Process)
She was known for healing wounds and curing illnesses (3)
She represented the curing process itself, rather than the cure (4)
Name means "curing" (4)
Aegle (Goddess of Radiant Good Health)
Often referred to as a "demi-god" (6)
Her name means "brightness" or "splendor" (6)
Personified the "glowing health of the human body" (6)
