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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Example Sentences

This practice of suction, no doubt, was known in Greece; Machaon performed it at the siege of Troy.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

So saying, he roused Machaon, who his course Through the wide host began.

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

Meantime afar715 From all that tumult the Neleian mares Bore Nestor, foaming as they ran, with whom Machaon also rode, leader revered.

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

Machaon, as I judge, Lies wounded in his tent, needing like aid Himself, and Podalirius in the field1015 Maintains sharp conflict with the sons of Troy.

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

He was son of Nicomachus, a physician, and friend of Amyntas, king of Macedonia, and was descended from Machaon, son of �sculapius.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)