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 Oechalia. 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 supposed he was killed before Troy by Euryplus the son of Telephus. He received divine honours after death, and had a temple in Messenia.