Machaon
[muh-key-on]
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noun (in the Iliad)
a son of Asclepius who was famed as a healer and who served as physician of the Greeks in the Trojan War.
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Examples from the Web for machaon
Historical Examples of machaon
I can now see for myself that he is Machaon, shepherd of his people.
The IliadHomer
Talthybius did as he was told, and went about the host trying to find Machaon.
The IliadHomer
Machaon was surgeon to Menelaus and Podalarius was the pioneer of phlebotomy.
Outlines of Greek and Roman MedicineJames Sands Elliott
Get Machaon into your chariot and drive swiftly from the press of battle.
The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of TroyPadriac Colum
So saying, he roused Machaon, who his course Through the wide host began.
The Iliad of HomerHomer