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    In Greek mythology, Machaon (/məˈkeɪ.ən/; Ancient Greek: Μαχάων, romanized: Macháōn) was a son of Asclepius; and the older brother of Podalirius. He and...
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  • Machaon may refer to: Machaon (mythology), the son of Asclepius, a physician and warrior who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War Papilio machaon, or...
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    named after Machaon (Ancient Greek: Μαχάων, romanized: Makháōn) a figure in Greek mythology. He was a son of Asclepius. Papilio machaon was named by...
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  • Doris. Xanthe, wife of Asclepius in the Messenian version of the story.Machaon was her son. Xanthe, one of the Amazons. Xantho, one of the maenads named...
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    skilled in diagnostics Machaon, the other king of Tricca, who was a master surgeon (these two took part in the Trojan War until Machaon was killed by Penthesilea...
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  • He was half-brother to Aceso, Aegle, Hygieia, Iaso, Meditrina, Panacea, Machaon, Podalirius, and Telesphoros. Literary evidence of Aratus's parentage largely...
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    only there to receive information on behalf of Achilles about the wounded Machaon. Reinhardt notes that an "unimportant errand left behind by an all-important...
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  • Her sisters are Hygieia, Panacea, Aceso, and Iaso, and her brothers were Machaon, Podaleirios and Telesphoros. Aglaea or Ocalea, daughter of Mantineus....
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  • This list contains persons named in ancient Greek religion and mythology of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside...
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    Asclepius (section Mythology)
    five daughters: Hygieia, Panacea, Aceso, Iaso, and Aegle, and three sons: Machaon, Podaleirios and Telesphoros. He also sired a son, Aratus, with Aristodeme...
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  • The Suda states that he was a doctor descended from Nicomachus, son of Machaon the son of Asclepius. Greenhill notes he had another son named Arimnestus...
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    Epione (category Asclepius in mythology)
    Achelois and Panacaea, as listed in the Suda. She also had two sons, Machaon and Podalirius, who are mentioned in the Iliad of Homer as well as Telesphoros...
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  • Suitors of Helen (category Characters in Greek mythology)
    In Greek mythology, the Suitors of Helen are those who came from many kingdoms of Greece to compete for the hand of the Spartan princess Helen, daughter...
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  • In Greek mythology, Nicomachus (Ancient Greek: Νικόμαχος) may refer to two different figures: Nicomachus, son of Anticlia and Machaon, son of Asclepius...
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  • Crethon, and also of Anticleia, the mother of Nicomachus and Gorgasus by Machaon. In the Odyssey, Telemachus and Peisistratus spent a night at his house...
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    alongside the Trojans against the Greeks in the Trojan War. He killed Machaon, and was himself killed by Achilles' son Neoptolemus. Eurypylus' father...
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    Dikti (category Locations in Greek mythology)
    plateau A flock of sheep in Dikti Iris cretensis Ophrys episcopalis Papilio machaon on Anchusa azurea Britomartis Diktynna Dittany "Europe Ultra-Prominences"...
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    Philoctetes (category Thessalian characters in Greek mythology)
    army. Once back in military company outside Troy, they employed either Machaon the surgeon or more likely Podalirius the physician, both sons of the immortal...
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    Trojan War (category War in mythology)
    exchange she fought for him and killed many, including Machaon (according to Pausanias, Machaon was killed by Eurypylus), and according to one version...
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    moody." With Machaon, his brother, he led thirty ships from Tricca, Thessaly in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. Like Machaon, he was a legendary...
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    be closely related to Papilio machaon, rather than P. polyxenes. The species is named after the figure in Greek mythology, Polyxena (pron.: /pəˈlɪksɨnə/;...
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  • Alexanor (category Asclepius in mythology)
    In Greek mythology, Alexanor (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξάνωρ) a son of Machaon, and grandson of the Greek god Asclepius, was worshipped as a hero in Titane of...
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    similarities and differences. Nestor's Cup is described in Book 11 of the Iliad. Machaon, son of Asclepius, is injured by Paris, and taken back to the Greek camp...
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    [citation needed] Caterpillars of some subspecies of the butterfly Papilio machaon feed on rue, as well as other plants. The caterpillars of Papilio xuthus...
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  • List of mythological pairs (category Mythology-related lists)
    This is a list of famous pairs in mythology: lists of pairs...
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    Hecamede (category Characters in Greek mythology)
    prolonged mention, she serves Pramnian wine, a medicinal drink, to Nestor and Machaon. A. Dalby, Siren Feasts, London, 1996, p.151 Homer, Iliad, 11. 624 - 635;...
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    Before his death, however, Asclepius had several children, including: Machaon, Podalirius, Hygeia, and Panacea, who themselves were regarded as highly...
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    Idas of Messene (category Princes in Greek mythology)
    formerly by Idas, but not that subject (Tricca) to the sons of Asclepius, Machaon and Podalirius. Idas wished to rob Teuthras, king of Moesia, of his kingdom...
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  • Laophoon (category Paeonian mythology)
    was killed by Meriones in an Argive counterattack after the killing of Machaon. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica p. 112, 6.549–555 Quintus Smyrnaeus, The...
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    List of Trojan War characters (category Characters in Greek mythology)
    Timeless Myths - Trojan War A full summary of the Trojan War. The Legend of the Trojan War Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton...
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