Panacea

"All-healing." I.e. "the all-healing," a herb that was rumored to cure all ailments. The ancient Greeks personified her as as a minor goddess who symbolizes the power of healing through herbs. She was regarded as a daughter (or sometimes sister) of Asclepius, and had a temple at Oropus.

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References

Sources

  • Aristophanes. Plutus, 702, with the Scholiast.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 34.2.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Thramer, E. (1925). "Health and Gods of Healing." In ERE, Vol. 6, 540-553, p. 551.