Panacea
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In Greek mythology, Panaceia, or Πανάκεια (Latin Panacea), was the goddess of healing. She was the daughter of Asclepius, god of healing and medicine, and the granddaughter of Apollo, god of healing. as Panacea was the goddess of healing and cures (see etymology), Iaso was the goddess of recovery, and Hygeia was the goddess of welfare and prevention of disease.
Panacea had four brothers — Podaleirus, one of the two kings of Tricca, who had a flair for diagnostics, and Machaon (mythology), the other king of Tricca, who was a master surgeon (these two took part in the Trojan War until Machaon was killed by Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons); Telesphoros, who devoted his life to serving Asclepius; and Aratus, her step-brother, who was a Greek hero and the patron/liberator of Sicyon.
Panacea was said to have a poultice or potion with which she healed the sick. This brought about the concept of the panacea.
[edit] Etymology
- Panacea is from Greek Panakeia, from panakés, "all healing"; pas (neuter pan), "all" (from Indo-European *kua-nt-, a zero-grade extension of *keu-, "large space; vault; hole") + akos, "cure" (perhaps from Indo-European *yék-, "to heal").
- Hygeia is from Greek hugeia, "health", from Indo-European *su-gwiyes-ya, "living in good condition"; *su-, "well" + *gwei-, "to live".
- Iaso is from Greek iasthai, "to cure; to heal".
[edit] Genealogy
(The primordeal serpent Ophion sets alight the edges of Chaos, out of which is born Eurynome)
(Ophion coils around Eurynome, the moon, and she flies away as a white bird, laying six silver eggs)
(Miraculously conceives a child without fertilization)
Uranus + Gaea
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Apollo + Coronis, princess of Epidavrus (or Arsinoe, princess of Messenia)
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