Aceso

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]

Aceso
Goddess of the healing process and curing of sickness
The statue of Akeso, 2nd c. AD, Archaeological Museum, Dion
Personal information
ParentsAsclepius and Epione
Siblings

Family

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

Mythology
Aceso depicted with her father, Asclepios, and her siblings

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
  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
  • Media related to Aceso at Wikimedia Commons


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