Mythical Greek healer hero
Marble torso probably representing the son ofAsclepius , Machaon. 2nd century B.C. AncientMessene museum. InGreek mythology ,Machaon (/m ə ˈ k eɪ . ə n Ancient Greek :Μαχάων ,romanized : Macháōn Asclepius ; and the older brother ofPodalirius . He and his brother led an army fromTricca in theTrojan War on the side of the Greeks.[ 1]
Machaon fatheredNicomachus and Gorgasus byAnticleia , daughter ofDiocles ofPharae .[ 2] Alexanor ,[ 3] Sphyrus [ 4] Polemocrates .[ 5]
According toDiogenes Laertius 'sLives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers Hermippus , in his bookOn Aristotle, places Machaon as the son ofAsclepius , father ofNicomachus , and ancestor ofAristotle .[ 6]
Both Machaon and Podalirius were highly valued surgeons and medics.[ 7] Iliad ,Paris .[ 8] Philoctetes ,Telephus andMenelaus , after he sustained an arrow at the hand ofPandarus , during the war. He was also supposed to possess herbs which were bestowed to his father Asclepius byChiron , the centaur.[ 9]
He was killed byEurypylus in the tenth year of the war.[ 10] Gerenia inMessenia , where he was worshiped by the people.
In the account ofDares the Phrygian , Machaon was illustrated as ". . . large and brave, dependable, prudent, patient, and merciful."[ 11]
^ Homer ,Iliad ^ Pausanias , 4.30.2^ Pausanias, 2.11.5, 2.23.4 & 2.38.6 ^ Pausanias, 2.23.4 ^ Pausanias, 2.38.6 ^ Diogenes Laertius (1925). "Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1. Aristotle".doi :10.4159/dlcl.diogenes_laertius-lives_eminent_philosophers_book_v_chapter_1_aristotle.1925 . {{cite journal }}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help ) ^ Homer,Iliad 2.273 ^ Homer,Iliad 11.506 ^ Homer,Iliad 4.219 ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus , 6.408^ Dares Phrygius ,History of the Fall of Troy 13 ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003) Dictionary of minor planet names, Springer - p.252 Dares Phrygius ,from The Trojan War. The Chronicles ofDictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966.Online version at theio.com Diogenes Laertius ,Lives of Eminent Philosophers edited by R.D. Hicks. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1972 (First published 1925).Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .Homer ,The Iliad ISBN 978-0674995796 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Homer,Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.ISBN 978-0198145318 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Pausanias ,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN 0-674-99328-4 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols . Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Quintus Smyrnaeus ,The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913.Online version at theio.com Quintus Smyrnaeus,The Fall of Troy . Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
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