Paean

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Paean is an epithet of Apollo associated with physicians and healers.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
1400 BCE
Attested period
-1400 – 2020
Historical notes
Ancient Greek epithet of Apollo.

Relationships

aspect of
Apollo
syncretized with
Apollo

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Sources

wikipedia (3)

Source passages

“Paean ( PEE-ən; Παιάν, Paiān), physician, healer”

#16430 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Historical evidence from Linear B tablets (notably the name Pa-ja-wo-ne found at Knossos) suggests that Paean was an independent, pre-Olympian god of healing in the Mycenaean period. In the Homeric epics, Paean remains a separate figure from Apollo, serving as the personal physician to the gods who heals the wounds of Ares and Hades.”

#44768 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free

“In Greek mythology, Paean (Ancient Greek: Παιάν), Paeëon or Paieon (Παιήων), or Paeon or Paion (Παιών, 'physician, healer'), was a minor god, a divine physician of the gods, and an epithet shared by Apollo, Asclepius and Helios.”

#44777 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free