Editing Epione

{{Short description|Wife of Asclepius}}
{{For|the [[moth]] [[genus]]|Epione (moth)}}
[[File:Ηπιόνη και Ασκληπιός αναθεματικό ανάγλυφο, 4ος αι. π.Χ., ΑΜ Πατρών 06.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Asclepius and Epione with one of their sons on a 4th-century BC marble votive relief, [[Archaeological Museum of Patras]], [[Greece]].]]

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Epione''' ({{langx|grc|Ἠπιόνη|Ēpiónē|soothing}}) is a minor health goddess, the wife of [[Asclepius]], the Greek god of healing and medicine.<ref name=EAH>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Epione|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Ancient History|last=Mylonopoulos|first=Ioannis}}</ref>

== Mythology ==
Her name is derived from the word {{lang|grc|ἤπιος}} ({{transliteration|grc|epios}}, "soothing"). Epione was the personification of the soothing of pain and the care needed for recovery.<ref name=EAH/>  With Asclepius, she was the mother of the five Asclepiades: [[Iaso]], [[Panacea]], [[Hygieia]], [[Aceso]], and [[Aegle (mythology)|Aegle]], as listed in the [[Suda]].<ref>Suda, "Epione"</ref> She also had two sons, [[Machaon (mythology)|Machaon]] and [[Podalirius]], who are mentioned in the ''[[Iliad]]'' of [[Homer]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKRDEAeout8C&q=epione+machaon+podalirius&pg=PA432 |title=Who's Who in Classical Mythology |last2=Hazel |first2=John |year=2002 |isbn=9780415260411 |access-date=2011-09-17}}</ref> as well as [[Telesphorus (mythology)|Telesphoros]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 2.29.1; Scholiast on [[Pindar|Pindar's]] ''Pythian Odes'' 3.14</ref>

Epigraphical evidence suggests that Epione was a cultic figure in [[Athens]], [[Epidaurus|Epidauros]], [[Kos]], and [[Pergamon]].<ref name=EAH/> Asclepius and Epione both had marble statues in [[Argolis]], where Asclepius was widely worshipped.

==See also==
* [[List of Greek deities]]

== References ==
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== Sources==
* "[[Suda|Suida]]", ''Suda Encyclopedia'' translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others. [https://topostext.org/work/240 Online version at the Topos Text Project].

==External links==
{{Wiktionary|Epione}}
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* [https://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/AsklepiasEpione.html EPIONE from The Theoi Project]

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