Podalirius

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Podalirius is a figure from Greek mythology, a son of Asclepius renowned as a skilled healer and physician in the Trojan War.

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Label Occurrences
Podalirius canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan War hero
figure in Greek mythology
mythological physician
associatedWith Asclepiadae
healing cult of Asclepius
category Characters in the Iliad
Children of Asclepius
Greek mythological physicians
Trojan War characters
childOf Asclepius
Epione
collaboratedWith Machaon
commanded thirty ships
contrastedWith Machaon as surgeon of external wounds
culture Ancient Greek religion
family Asclepius family
hasBrother Machaon
hasEpithet physician of the Achaeans
skilled healer
healed Philoctetes (in some traditions)
wounded Greek warriors
honoredAt Syrnus in Caria
ledFrom Ithome
Oechalia
Tricca
mentionedIn Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
Homer, Iliad
linked to: Homer's Iliad

Homeric tradition
linked to: Homeric epics

Pausanias, Description of Greece
mythologicalEra age of heroes
nationality Achaean (Greek)
notableFor healing wounded warriors
medical skill
participatedIn Trojan War
profession physician
roleInWar physician of the Greek army
settledIn Caria (in some traditions)
linked to: Caria
siblingOf Aceso
Hygieia
Iaso
Machaon
Panacea
Telesphorus
specialization diagnosis of internal injuries (in later medical tradition)
spouse Sirenide (in some traditions)
worshippedAs healing divinity (local hero-cult)
hero

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Panacea sibling Podalirius
Epione parentOf Podalirius
Epione relative Podalirius
Greeks at Troy includesLeader Podalirius
Children of Asclepius includes Podalirius
Machaon sibling Podalirius
Asclepiadae hasMember Podalirius
Thessalian myth cycle hasHero Podalirius