Note 14 — Chapter IV · GREEK MEDICINE AT THE DAWN OF HISTORY

Aesculapius was held to be the son of Apollo, the god of medicine, and to have been instructed in the art of healing by Chiron, one of the centaurs. Beside his famous sons, Machaon and Podalirius, he had four daughters whose names—Hygieia, Jaso, Panakeia and Aigle—have come down to us through the ages. His wife’s name was Epione, and those of his two younger sons were Telesphorus and Janiscus, but all three of these names are rarely mentioned by the Greek writers.