MACHAON, a celebrated physician among the ancients, son of Æsculapius and brother to Podalirius. He went to the Trojan war with the inhabitants of Trica, Ithome, and Æchalia. According to some, he was king of Messenia. He was physician to the Greeks, and healed the wounds which they received during the Trojan war. Some suppose he was killed before Troy by Eurypylus the son of Telephus. He received divine honours after death, and had a temple in Messenia.