Akeso

Akeso Akeso, goddess of the healing process Details Country Greece Gender Female Parents Asclepius and Epione Siblings Aegle, Hygeia, Panakeia, and Iaso Cult center Epidarus Greek Ακεσο Roman counterpart Aceso Pronunciation A-khe-SO

Akeso was the goddess of healing (wounds) and curing (illness). Unlike her sister Panakeia she represented the process of a curing rather than the cure itself. Her male was counterpart was Akesis.

In Greek sculpural reliefs Akeso appears alongside her father Asclepius and sisters Hygeia, Panakeia and Iaso.