Polemocrates (physician)

Polemokrates (Greek Πολεμοκράτης ) In Greek mythology, the son of Machaon and grandson of Asklepios. Near the village of Eua in the Thyreatis was a sanctuary of Polemokrates, which was attended by patients who sought the help of the hero in the Enkoimesis.

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  • Pausanias, Description of Greece 2,38,6
Machaon (physician) Incubation (ritual) Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher
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