Panacea

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Panacea is the Greek goddess of universal remedy and healing, associated with cures for all diseases.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Panacea canonical 8
Holloway’s Pills 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek goddess
deity of healing
mythological figure
associatedDeity Asclepius
Hygieia
associatedWith medicine
pharmaka
remedies
category Children of Asclepius
Greek goddesses of health
Health deities
conceptualInfluence idea of a universal cure in later medical traditions
culture Ancient Greek religion
depictedAs young woman
domain cure of all diseases
healing
universal remedy
etymology from Greek "pan" (all) and "akos" (remedy) or "panakeia" (all-healing)
gender female
hasAbstractUse term for a solution that cures all problems
hasConceptualOpposite incurable disease
mentionedIn Greek medical and religious inscriptions
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
mother Epione
oftenDepictedWith healing herbs
phial of medicine
pantheon Greek pantheon
parent Asclepius
religion Greek polytheism
roleInMythology personification of the cure-all
sibling Aceso
Aegle
Hygieia
Iaso
Machaon
Podalirius
sphereOfInfluence health
medical treatment
recovery from illness
symbolism all-healing medicine
universal healing
timePeriodOfWorship Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
worshippedIn Cos
Epidaurus
Pergamon
Temple of Asclepius
surface form: sanctuaries of Asclepius

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asclepius child Panacea
Hygieia sibling Panacea
Aceso sibling Panacea
Aceso contrastedWith Panacea
Iaso sibling Panacea
Iaso veneratedWith Panacea
Epione parentOf Panacea
Epione relative Panacea
Thomas Holloway knownFor Panacea
this entity surface form: Holloway’s Pills