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Greek goddess of healing From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Aceso or Akeso (Ancient Greek: Ἀκεσώ, romanized: Akesó, lit.'healing one'[1]) was the Greek goddess of well-being and the healing process worshipped in Athens and Epidauros.[2]

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Aceso was the daughter of Asclepius and Epione, sister of Iaso, Hygieia, Panacea, and Aegle.[3]

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Aceso depicted with her father, Asclepios, and her siblings

Unlike her sister Panacea (Cure-All), she represented the process of curing rather than the cure itself.[4] Her male counterpart was Acesis (Akesis).[5] In Greek sculptural reliefs, Aceso appears alongside her father Asclepius and sisters Hygeia, Panacea and Iaso.

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