Aceso
Sign in to saveAceso or Akeso () was the Greek goddess of well-being and the healing process worshipped in Athens and Epidauros.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Aceso
- Deity.image
- File:The children of Asklepios, Akeso, 2nd c. AD, Archaeological Museum, Dion (6930523676).jpg
- Deity.caption
- The statue of Aceso, 2nd c. AD, Archaeological Museum, Dion
- Deity.deity_of
- Goddess of the healing process and curing of sickness
- Deity.parents
- Asclepius and Epione
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- female
- Father
- Asclepius
- Mother
- Epione
- Sibling
- Podalirius
- Image
- Relief in form of a shrine Wellcome L0007388EB cropped white-balanced.png
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- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Aceso
- domain of saint or deity
- healing
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Family
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Aceso or Akeso () was the Greek goddess of well-being and the healing process worshipped in Athens and Epidauros.
== Family == Aceso was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione, sister of Iaso, Hygieia, Panacea, and Aegle.
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