Polemocrates (son of Machaon)

Polemocrates ( Greek  Πολεμοκράτης ) is in Greek mythology the son of Machaon and grandson of Asclepius . In the village of Eua in the Thyreatis there was a sanctuary of Polemocrates, which was visited by sick people who sought the help of the hero in the enkoimesis .

swell

• Pausania's description of Greece 2,38,6

literature

• Otto Höfer : Polemocrates . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2607 ( digitized version ).