Aegle
Aegle is a goddess in Greek mythology and one of the five daughters of Asclepius and Epione. She performed the facet of Apollo's art related to radiant good health. She is the sister of Hygieia, Panacea, Iaso, and Aceso.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2024
- Historical notes
- Greek goddess representing radiant good health, one of five healing daughters of Asclepius.
Relationships
- sibling of
- Phaethon, Phoebe, Lampetia, Phaethusa, Aetherie, Dioxippe, Podaleirius, Merope, Helie, Podalirius, Aratus, Panacea, Hygieia, Iaso, Aceso, Machaon, Telesphoros, Podaleirios
- parent of
- Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia
- consort of
- Helios
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Hygieia and her four sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Hygieia (health, cleanliness, and sanitation); Panacea (universal remedy); Iaso (recuperation from illness); Aceso (the healing process); and Aegle (radiant good health)”
#28650 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“As one of the Heliades, she would have had up to seven biological sisters: Merope, Helie, Aegle, Phoebe, Aetherie, Phaethusa, and Dioxippe.”
#28722 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Daughters of Helios or Three Graces depicts the three Charites - Aglaea, Euphrosyne, and Thalia - who in some accounts are the daughters of Helios and the naiad Aegle.”
#41427 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Their daughter was called Aegle, otherwise known as Coronis. In some other accounts, her father was Azan, king of Arcadia.”
#42448 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“half-brother to Aegle”
#45134 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free