He married EPIONE, whose name means “soothing” or “relief from pain.” Together they had three sons and four daughters. Asclepius trained his girls as rigorously as Chiron had trained him. The eldest, HYGIEIA, he taught the practices of cleanliness, diet, and physical exercise that are today named “hygiene” after her. To PANACEA he revealed the arts of universal health, of medicinal preparation, and the production of remedies and treatments that could heal anything—which is what her name means: “cure all.” ACESO he instructed in the healing process itself, including what we would now call
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