Machaon

• son of Aesculapius, a famous surgeon of the Greeks before Troy, Cels. praef.; Prop. 2, 1, 61; Verg. A. 2, 263; Ov. P. 3, 4, 7 al.—
• II Transf., in plur., surgeons, physicians: quid tibi cum medicis? dimitte Machaonas omnes, Mart. 2, 16, 5.—Hence,
• • A Ma-chāŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Machaon: ars, i.e. the art of surgery, Sid. Ep. 2, 12.—
  • B Măchāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Machaon, Machaonian, surgical: Machaoniā ope sanus, Ov. R. Am. 546: sucus, Stat. S. 1, 4, 114.

(Μαχάων), a son of Asclepius by Epeione (Hom. Il. 11.614; Schol. ad Pind. Pyth. 3.14), or, according to others, by Coronis (Hyg. Fab. 97), while others again call him a son of Poseidon. (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 859.) He was married to Anticleia, the daughter of Diocles (Paus. 4.30.2), by whom he became the father of Gorgasus, Nicomachus (Paus. 4.6.3), Alexanor, Sphyrus, and Polemocrates. (Paus. 2.11.6, 4.38.6; Apollod. 3.10.8; Hyg. Fab. 81.) In the Trojan war Machaon appears as the surgeon of the Greeks, for with his brother Podaleirius he had gone to Troy with thirty ships, commanding the men who came from Tricca, Ithome, and Oechalia. (Il. 2.728, &c., 11.515.) He was wounded by Paris, but was carried from the field of battle by Nestor. (Il. 11.505, 598, 833.) Later writers mention him as one of the Greek heroes that were concealed in the wooden horse (Hyg. Fab. 108; Verg. A. 2.263), and he is said to have cured Philoctetes. (Tzetz. ad Lycopih. 911; Propert. 2.1, 59.) He was killed by Eurypylus, the son of Telephus, and his remains were carried to Messenia by Nestor. His tomb was believed to be at Gerenia, in Messenia, where a sanctuary was dedicated to him, in which sick persons sought relief of their sufferings. It was there that Glaucus, the son of Aepytus, was believed to have first paid him heroic honours. (Paus. 4.3. §§ 2, 6, 3.26.7.) [L.S]

(Μαχάων). A son of Aesculapius, and surgeon of the Greeks in the Trojan War. He led, with his brother Podalirus, troops from Trica, Ithomé, and Oechalia. He was killed by Eurypylus, the son of Telephus, and received divine honours after his death in Messenia, of which he was by some called the king. See Verg. Aen. ii. 263, 426.

• Paus. 2.11.5, Paus. 2.26.10, Paus. 4.30.3
• suitor of Helen: Apollod. 3.10.7
• father of Alexanor: Paus. 2.11.5, Paus. 2.38.6, of Polemocrates: Paus. 2.38.6, and of Sphyrus: Paus. 2.23.4
• wounded at Troy: Apollod. E.4.4
• slain by Penthesilia: Apollod. E.4.7
• killed by Eurypylus: Paus. 3.26.9
• his bones brought back by Nestor: Paus. 3.26.10
• sanctuary and tomb of Machaon at Gerenia: Paus. 3.26.9, Paus. 4.3.2
• image of: Paus. 3.26.9
• sacrifies offered to Machaon at Gerenia: Paus. 4.3.9
• painting of: Paus. 4.31.12
• sanctuary of sons of Machaon at Pharae: Paus. 4.3.2