Aceso
Greek · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Quartigod daughter of Asclepius, personification of the curative completion. The Iaso-Aceso pair represents the active-and-completed phases of healing in the Asclepiad daughter-quartet.
Parentage
- father: AsclepiusAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
Powers
- carry an ailment through the process of curing to recovery
- Heal wounds and cure ailments through the curing process
Relations
- sibling: TelesphorusFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- sibling: Aratus of SicyonFull sibling; shares the same complete attested parentage.
- father: AsclepiusAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: HygieiaAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: IasoAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: AegleAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: PanaceaAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: MachaonAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: PodaliriusAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
Sources
- existence: Anonymous Erythraean Paean (Inscr. Erythrai 205); Suda s.v. Akesō (primary)
- parentage: Anon. Erythraean Paean (primary)