Aceso

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

• Asclepius

Powers

• carry an ailment through the process of curing to recovery
• Heal wounds and cure ailments through the curing process

Relations

• sibling: Telesphorus
• sibling: Aratus of Sicyon
• father: Asclepius
• sibling: Hygieia
• sibling: Iaso
• sibling: Aegle
• sibling: Panacea
• sibling: Machaon
• sibling: Podalirius

Sources

• Anonymous Erythraean Paean (Inscr. Erythrai 205); Suda s.v. Akesō
• Anon. Erythraean Paean