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| ] (author of ''Periegesis of Greece'') wrote this of ] in ], ], in the 2nd century A.D.: | ] (author of ''Periegesis of Greece'') wrote this of ] in ], ], in the 2nd century A.D.: | ||
| <blockquote>"The altar shows parts. One part is to ], ], and ], another is given up to heroes and to wives of heroes, the third is to ] and ] and Amphiaraus and the children of ]. But ], because of his treatment of ], is honored neither in the temple of Amphiaraus nor yet with Amphilochus. The fourth portion of the altar is to ] and Panacea, and further to Iaso, Hygeia, and ]. The fifth is dedicated to the ]s and to ], and to the rivers ] and ]."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"The altar shows parts. One part is to ], ], and ], another is given up to heroes and to wives of heroes, the third is to ] and ] and Amphiaraus and the children of ]. But ], because of his treatment of ], is honored neither in the temple of Amphiaraus nor yet with Amphilochus. The fourth portion of the altar is to ] and Panacea, and further to Iaso, Hygeia, and ]. The fifth is dedicated to the ]s and to ], and to the rivers ] and ]{{Disambiguation needed|date=July 2011}}."</blockquote> | ||
| ] mentions Iaso humorously in '']'', when one of the characters, Cario, reports that Iaso blushed upon his passing gas. | ] mentions Iaso humorously in '']'', when one of the characters, Cario, reports that Iaso blushed upon his passing gas. | ||
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Iaso (/ˈaɪ.əsoʊ/; Template:Lang-el, Iasō) or Ieso (/aɪˈiːsoʊ/; Template:Lang-el, Iēsō) was the Greek goddess of recuperation from illness. The daughter of Asclepius, she had five sisters: Aceso, Aglæa/Ægle, Hygieia, Panacea, and Meditrina (Roman). All six were associated with some aspect of health or healing.
Description
Very little is actually known about Iaso. She was probably considered a demigod, unlike her sister Panacea, who was given full "god" status. She did, however, have followers, the Iasides ("sons of Iaso").
Pausanias (author of Periegesis of Greece) wrote this of Amphiaraus in Oropos, Attica, in the 2nd century A.D.:
"The altar shows parts. One part is to Heracles, Zeus, and Apollo Healer, another is given up to heroes and to wives of heroes, the third is to Hestia and Hermes and Amphiaraus and the children of Amphilochus. But Alcmaeon, because of his treatment of Eriphyle, is honored neither in the temple of Amphiaraus nor yet with Amphilochus. The fourth portion of the altar is to Aphrodite and Panacea, and further to Iaso, Hygeia, and Athena Healer. The fifth is dedicated to the nymphs and to Pan, and to the rivers Achelous and Cephisus."
Aristophanes mentions Iaso humorously in Ploutos, when one of the characters, Cario, reports that Iaso blushed upon his passing gas.
For more information on the genealogy of Iaso, see Panacea.
In the temple of Amphiaraus at Oropus a part of the altar was dedicated to her, in common with Aphrodite, Panaceia, Hygieia, and Athena Paeonia. IASO had lots of children. Detail of IASO, the goddess of healing, from a scene depicting a group of goddesses. IASO gazes at herself in a mirror, presumably as a sign of good health.
IASO encouraged several companies to be called after herself. For example, IASO Backup Technology, derives its name from the Greek mythology, in which IASO is known as the “Goddess of Recovery”. In the company’s philosophy backup is a mean to an end and not the end itself: the ability to recover from data loss is central to any good backup solution, hence the reference to this ancient Greece goddess.
Further reading
- Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Iaso". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 552. Retrieved 2007-11-06.