Nicomachus

Scion-tier son of Machaon, co-founder of the Pharae Asclepieion in Messenia per Pausanias 4.30.3. The Pharae cult-foundation continues the Asclepiad-physician line into the Messenian post-Bronze-Age period.

Parentage

• father: MachaonPaus. 4.30.3 (primary)

Domains

• healing medicine

Powers

• Heal diseases and cure the maimed

Relations

• father: MachaonPaus. 4.30.3 (primary)
• sibling: GorgasusBrother through their shared father Machaon.Paus. 4.30.3 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Pausanias, Description of Greece 4.30.3 (the Pharae Asclepieion foundation) (primary)
• parentage: Paus. 4.30.3 (primary)