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====Healing and disease==== [[File:Apollo, torso of cult statue, ivory, gold, 550 BC, AM Delphi, 060068.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Chryselephantine statues at Delphi|Chryselephantine statue]] of Apollo in Delphi, mid-6th century B.C.]] *'''Acesius''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|s|iː|ʒ|ə|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Acesius.wav}} {{respell|ə|SEE|zhəs}}; {{lang|grc|Ἀκέσιος}}, ''Akesios''), from {{lang|grc|ἄκεσις}}, "healing". Acesius was the epithet of Apollo worshipped in [[Elis (city)|Elis]], where he had a temple in the [[agora]].<ref name="Smith">{{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D2%3Aentry%3Dacesius-bio-1|chapter=Acesius|last=Smith|first=William|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|year=1873 |via=Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University}}</ref> *'''[[Acestor]]''' ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|s|ɛ|s|t|ər|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Acestor.wav}} {{respell|ə|SESS|tər}}; {{lang|grc|Ἀκέστωρ}}, ''Akestōr''), literally "healer" *'''Culicarius''' (Roman) ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|j|uː|l|ᵻ|ˈ|k|ær|i|ə|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Culicarius.wav}} {{respell|KEW|lih|KARR|ee|əs}}), from Latin ''culicārius'', "of midges" *'''Iatrus''' ({{IPAc-en|aɪ|ˈ|æ|t|r|ə|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Iatrus.wav}} {{respell|eye|AT|rəs}}; {{lang|grc|Ἰατρός}}, ''Iātros''), literally "physician"<ref>[[Euripides]], ''[[Andromache (play)|Andromache]]'' 901</ref> *'''Medicus''' (Roman) ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛ|d|ᵻ|k|ə|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Medicus.wav}} {{respell|MED|ik|əs}}), "physician" in Latin. A [[Roman temple|temple]] was dedicated to ''Apollo Medicus'' in Rome, probably next to the temple of [[Bellona (goddess)|Bellona]]. *'''[[Paean (god)|Paean]]''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|iː|ə|n|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Paean.wav}} {{respell|PEE|ən}}; {{lang|grc|Παιάν}}, ''Paiān''), physician, healer<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D*paia%2Fn παιών ]</ref> *'''Parnopius''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ɑːr|ˈ|n|oʊ|p|i|ə|s|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Parnopius.wav}} {{respell|par|NOH|pee|əs}}; {{lang|grc|Παρνόπιος}}, ''Parnopios''), from {{lang|grc|πάρνοψ}}, "locust"
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