Aratus of Sicyon

Greek · quartigod · heroic age · quartigod

Quartigod son of Asclepius by Aristodama, conceived through the canonical Sicyon Asclepieion incubation-conception narrative per Pausanias 2.10.3. Distinct from the historical Aratus of Sicyon (271-213 BCE, the Achaean League general); the mythological Aratus is the cult-foundation figure for the Sicyon Asclepieion incubation-tradition.

Parentage

Powers

Liberated Sicyon by a daring nocturnal raid
Seized the impregnable citadel Acrocorinth in a night assault

Relations

sibling: Hygieia
sibling: Iaso
sibling: Aceso
sibling: Aegle
sibling: Panacea
sibling: Telesphorus
father: Asclepius
half sibling: Machaon
half sibling: Podalirius

Sources

Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.10.3 (the Sicyon Asclepieion incubation-conception narrative); 4.14.7-8
Paus. 2.10.3

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