# Machaon — The Iliad character guide

> Machaon in The Iliad by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** great Machaon, leech Machaon, Noble Machaon

**First appearance:** 0001-the-iliad

## Who they are

Greek healer and surgeon, son of Asclepius.

## In the story

### [Book IV: The Breaking of the Truce, and the First Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_iliad_se/chapters/book-iv-the-breaking-of-the-truce-and-the-first-battle)

Summoned by Talthybius to treat Menelaus's wound; skillfully removes the arrow and applies balsam.

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