Panacea
Greek · quartigod · heroic age · Recorded classification
Quartigod daughter of Asclepius, personification of universal-cure. Named in the opening invocation of the Hippocratic Oath alongside Apollo, Asclepius, and Hygieia — making her the only specifically-Asclepiad-daughter named in the foundational text of Greek medical professional-ethics. The English word "panacea" descends through Latin from her name.
Parentage
- father: AsclepiusAnon. Erythraean Paean; Hippocratic Oath (primary)
Domains
- medicine and healing
Powers
- Cure every illness with universal remedies
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; Hippocratic Oath (primary)
- sibling: HygieiaAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: IasoAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: AcesoAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: AegleAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: MachaonAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
- sibling: PodaliriusAnon. Erythraean Paean (primary)
Sources
- existence: Anonymous Erythraean Paean (Inscr. Erythrai 205, c.380 BCE); Hippocratic Oath (opening invocation, c.late-5th c. BCE); Suda s.v. Panakeia (primary)
- parentage: Anon. Erythraean Paean (primary)