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