Panacea

deity earth Greek corroborated · 7

Panacea is a healing goddess invoked in the Hippocratic oath. She is sworn by alongside other healing deities as a divine witness to physicians' ethical commitments.

↻ synthesized from 7 sources

When

First attested: 500 BCE
Attested period: -500 – 2020
Historical notes: Invoked in the Hippocratic oath, traditionally dated to the 5th-4th century BCE.

Relationships

allied with: Apollo Healer, Apollo the Healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, Apollo the Physician
co occurs with: Phaethusa, Merope, Helie, Aetherie, Dioxippe, Archelous, Aceso, Aesculapian snake, Iaso, Aegle, Arsinoe, Vediovis, Machaon, Aristodeme, Aratus, Telesphoros, Aesculapian Snakes, Glycon, Apollo, Helios, Phaethon, Neaera, Clymene, Phoebe, Artemis (Diana), Zeus, Diana, Hermes, Aphrodite, Heracles, Hera, Athena, Pan, Poseidon, Erechtheus, nymphs, Hestia, Jason, Alpheus, Cephissus, Amphiaraus, Amphilochus, Imhotep, Coronis
sibling of: Podaleirius, Aglaia, Telesphorus, Hygieia, Iaso, Aegle, Machaon, Aceso, Podalirius, Telesphoros, Aratus, Podaleirios
child of: Epione, Lampetia, Asclepius

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Mentioned by

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Sources

wikipedia (6)

encyclopedia (1)

Altar (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)

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Source passages

“I swear by Apollo Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath”
#28654 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In Hermippus' Trimeters, he writes that Lampetia bore five children by Asclepius, the god of medicine: Machaon, Podaleirius, Iaso, Panacea, and Aegle.”
#28731 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Aphrodite Panacea, Jason, Health, and Healing Athene”
#43951 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free

“He had five older sisters, Iaso, Hygieia, Panacea, Aceso, and Aglaia.”
#44886 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free

“half-brother to Panacea”
#45137 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free