Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices.... , Machaon was a son of Asclepius
Asclepius
Asclepius is the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts, while his daughters Hygieia, Meditrina, Iaso, Aceso, Aglaea and Panacea symbolize the forces of cleanliness, medicine, and healing, respectively.... . With Podalirius
Podalirius
In Greek mythology, Podalirius or Podalarius was a son of Asclepius. With Machaon, his brother, he led thirty ships from Thessaly in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks.... , his brother, he led an army from Thessaly
Thessaly
Thessaly is one of the 13 Peripheries of Greece of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 Prefectures of Greece. The capital of the periphery and traditional Regions of Greece is Larissa.... (or possibly Messenia
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia is a prefectures of Greece in the Peloponnese, a region of Greece. Messenia is bounded on the east by Mount Taygetus, on the north by the Neda and the Arcadian Mountains, and on the west and south by the Mediterranean Sea, more specifically on the west by the Ionian Sea, and on the south by the Gulf of Messenia.... ) in the Trojan War
Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her husband Menelaus, the king of Sparta.... on the side of the Greeks. He, along with his brother, were highly valued surgeons and medics. In the Iliad
ILiad
The iLiad is an electronic handheld device, or e-book device, which can be used for document reading and editing. Like the Sony Reader or Amazon Kindle, the iLiad makes use of an electronic paper display.... he was wounded and put out of action by Paris
Paris (mythology)
Paris , the son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number of Greek mythology. Probably the best-known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War.... . Machaon (or his brother) healed Philoctetes
Philoctetes
In Greek mythology, Philoctetes was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War.... and Telephus
Telephus
A Greek mythology, Telephus or Telephos was one of the Heraclidae, the sons of Heracles, who were venerated as founders of cities. Telephos was by far the most famous of these heroes, and the various sites at which libations were offered to placate his spirit occasioned etiology of travels around the Greek mainland, in Magna Graecia a... during the war. He was killed by Eurypylus
Eurypylus
In Greek mythology, Eurypylus was the name of several different people.... in the tenth year of the war. He was buried in Gerenia in Messenia
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia is a prefectures of Greece in the Peloponnese, a region of Greece. Messenia is bounded on the east by Mount Taygetus, on the north by the Neda and the Arcadian Mountains, and on the west and south by the Mediterranean Sea, more specifically on the west by the Ionian Sea, and on the south by the Gulf of Messenia.... , where he was worshiped by the people.
The Latin name of a butterfly, the Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon), derives from Machaon.
