Machaon

American  

[muh-key-on] / məˈkeɪ ɒn /

noun

1. 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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Machaon

Nor even then had the bold Greeks retired, But that an arrow triple-barb'd, dispatch'd By Paris, Helen's mate, against the Chief Machaon warring with distinguish'd force, Pierced his right shoulder.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Two of his sons, Machaon and Podalirius, accompanied Agamemnon to the Trojan war, in which expedition they became renowned, not only as military heroes, but also as skilful physicians.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.

In the meantime the Neleian steeds, sweating, bore Nestor from the battle, and conveyed Machaon, the shepherd of the people.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Then shouted loud   Teucer, at seeing Machaon in the dust.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

He struck Machaon who was the most skilled healer of wounds in the whole of the host.

From The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy by Pogany, Willy