Aceso or Akeso () was the

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goddess of well-being and the healing process worshipped in

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and

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Family

Aceso was the daughter of

Asclepius Asclepius (; ''Asklēpiós'' ; ) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Religion in ancient Greece, Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis (lover of Apollo), Coronis, or Arsinoe (Greek myth), Ars ...

and

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, sister of Iaso,

Hygieia Hygieia is a goddess from Greek mythology (more commonly spelled Hygeia, sometimes Hygiea; ; or , or ). Hygieia is a goddess of health ( – ''hugieia''), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene". Hygieia devel ...

Panacea In Greek mythology and religion, Panacea (Greek ''Πανάκεια'', Panakeia), a goddess of universal remedy, was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Mythology Panacea and her four sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: * Panac ...

, and Aegle.

Mythology

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Unlike her sister Panacea (Cure-All), she represented the process of curing rather than the cure itself. Her male counterpart was Acesis (Akesis). Nigel Guy Wilson
''Encyclopedia of ancient Greece''

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, 2005, p.335 In Greek sculptural reliefs, Aceso appears alongside her father Asclepius and sisters Hygeia, Panacea and Iaso.

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