#Epione

[amiti-art]

Dadpollo this, dadpollo that, but what about grandpa Apollo

[sag-dab-sar]

When I say don't touch my wheelchair this includes doctors, nurses, and med techs. It also includes when I'm not sitting in it.

I am so fucking angry about this atm. In hospitals I usually have to transfer to special medical chairs or tables for things. The medical professional will then proceed to move my chair out of the way without asking. And if they don't ask they are annoyingly stupid and don't unlock the breaks when they move it, that fucks with the tires— stop it.

All it takes is a "can I move this to right over here?" that way I can say "yes, please unlock the wheels and move it" or "I need something out of my bag first" or anything of that nature.

I don't care who you are, I don't care if you are medical staff—don't touch a person's mobility aid without permission.

[rue-with-the-tarot]

After years of suffering, today I underwent surgery to permanently alleviate the cause of my prolonged pain. As would be expected, I am in a fair deal of discomfort and pain following the procedure. So much so, that opiates are barely touching the surface of it. What is a polytheist to do when the science of humanity fails? Carry on the old superstitions, and pray of course.

Diana heard my prayer, and dipped my spirit into her sacred spring, sealing a promise to aid me in this recovery as this was a surgery related to my reproductive health.

Epione, goddess of soothing pain and wife of Asclepius, was the next name I called upon. Wish for the family of medicine to bless me. I prayed for the efficiency of the painkillers to be twofold, and the glorious wife soothed my pain more effectively than three rounds of painkillers. I was inspired to offer them up a song!

🎶Epione, Epione, what thanks could I say?

That you’ve come to embrace me at the end of the day,

Epione, Epione, may your spirit be praised,

My darling bright goddess, from my pain I’ve been saved.

The doctor’s hand was guided, by your husband’s practiced hand.

Your faithful children sighted, now it all feels so simply grand.

I sing to the family, the shining Aslcepiades.

Helping healing freeing, no forceful paying fees.

No demands of money, for you know such trade is wrong.

This instead I offer, and you gladly take this song.

This Holy Family I do praise, and I will continue to do so to the end of my days!🎶

[gingermintpepper]

🌈!! :D

:D Thank you so much for participating 🥰 I had to think long and hard about what wip to pull from but ultimately, I went with one of my Asclepius/Epione scenes. Hopefully, you enjoy it ♡

“Epione.”  She doesn’t move. Not even to scratch her cheek where he poked her. Dead-sleeping like she always does whenever they share the bed. It’s such a dangerous habit but she can’t help it. She feels safe around him, she says. He’s so warm that she can’t help but sleep like a lamb wrapped in its mother’s wool. Cheeky woman. Gorgeous woman.  Asclepius sighs and resorts to plan B. It’s a bit harder when she’s bundled up in his good scarf and two of his down jackets but he manages to get the first one unbuttoned and rolls up the second. Her undershirt is thin, one of Machaon’s he thinks? They’re too far away from the firelight for him to discern the colour, but it’s much too flimsy to be one of his. He angles his face just right and can’t bite back the smile starting to rise past his lips, rubs the prickliest, coarsest of his beard hairs against her stomach until he’s damn near nuzzling her like an overgrown cat.  The effect is instantaneous. Her stomach flutters under his big old head and then her hands come up to squish him which just makes him press further into the soft of her belly. She gives an annoyed grunt, then a wet half-warble that could almost be interpreted as a name. Asclepius snickers and moves on to the second phase of the plan; sloppy, noisy kisses.  They’re less kisses than kissy-noises, really, but it does wonders for her ticklishness. She smacks him a few times, as though he were nothing more than a bug trying to worm its way beneath her garments. Then she wiggles, then she kicks. Finally, after Asclepius begins biting the sensitive swathes of skin beside her bellybutton, she makes a properly annoyed hum and digs her fingernails into the thick of his hair.  “No more children,” she grouses. Asclepius cannot see her eyes from this angle, the thick bulge of the scarf wound around her neck obscures most of her face, but he knows that her eyes are dewy with sleep, speckled and reflecting the flickering flames of their fire. He chuckles, helplessly fond and all sorts of warm. She smacks him again, open palmed and completely ineffective against the mane he likes to call hair, “I’m s’rus, too many mouths.”  He lays his cheek flat against her, basks in the hypnotic sensation of her fingertips scratch-scratch-scratching against the grain of his scalp. Her hands will be oil-stained when she pulls them away. She’ll rub them into her own hair because she always complains that he has the better oils. They both know she uses his.  “Who mentioned a thing about children,” he says. He takes her free hand, the one still bundled in three layers of wool and down and scatters kisses down the back of her cold palm, “Can’t a man simply wake his wife for a midnight romp? No ulterior motives?”  She snorts so hard it seems to echo, “Sure, a man could.”  He bites the loose skin between her knuckles, “But not me?”  A laugh, she’s fully awake now if she’s laughing like that, “Never you.”

[nullkunst]

Epione my silly!!!

[spirituallyunhinged]

as i give offerings to epione, asclepius, iaso, aegle, aceso, panacea, hygieia, and apollo for help with my chronic illness ive been trying so hard to start taking my meds again cuz i havent taken some of them in like a year (i get the side effects really bad so) n ive been taking the one thats like an upped vitamin for like a week ish now and like that was a fucking hurtle BUT i did it for them because i really only take my allergy meds for me n everything else for them atm

so yea since tuesday is the day i give them physical offerings i worked myself up n just took the cancer med that used to make me feel fucking awful n i only took one n i feel really anxious about it rn n ljke im gonna throw up but im trying not to ok

but yea its a really big thing for me to even take it tbh so while im kinda spiraling rn im tryin to keep positive i asked them to help me with the side effects so theyre not so bad so that i can actually take my meds for them but yea

the first med i did this with last week made my stomach feel awful for like three days n then it mellowed out so if we can do that with this one ill keep trying to take it — if not i will not take this fuckin med idgaf cuz its what caused some suicidal vibes of mkne to heighten from how if made my quality of life so fucking bad so oooooo okokk sorry tryjn to be positive about it

i havent thrown up yet but im concerned its gonna hit later when im trying to sleep so ://

[diana-thyme]

Greek Gods 101: Epione

Epione is a Goddess of the soothing of pain. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Antibiotics

Pain Medication

Heating Pads/Packs

Ice

Tea

Essential Oils

Masks

Needles

Cotton Balls

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for her include:

Physical Therapy

Stretching

Exercise

Yoga

Getting/Giving a Massage

Going to a Doctor

Learning About Pain Management Techniques

She is celebrated in 1 Athenian holiday:

Asklepia

[echosdevil]

ELEANOR MATSUURA as EPIONE

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

Art Credit to Nicola Scott

[daisymeade]

I picked my Outer Worlds playthrough back up (it's been 80 years) and it's so good to see Epione again. 🥰

[jediknightjameslunagazer23]

An Spiritual Comfort

Kira gazed up at the unfamiliar presence, despite how scared she was due to suddenly being pulled out of her own paitent room bed into... whatever this weird place was, she suddenly felt a sense of... relief...?

And she could feel a similar feeling of being held by some sort of motherly affection, a feeling she did not have since... since then, could it be--?

"Wh-Who are you...? I-Is what I'm sick with so bad that heaven has sent you as a angel to guide me up where my original family is? A-A-Are you somehow... my mom!?"

The being blinked in surprise and wonderment at the young girl for a moment, then let out a small soothing sort of giggle, the kind of giggle when a mother thought her child was asking a silly question.

"Not quite young one, only that what you're sick with besides from that at present is the loneliness that you feel whenever your adoptive brother isn't with you at times, so I figured you could use some company in the form of comforting spirit of pain relief, which is connected to what your own gift is, though you don't need to understand it right now young Kira Lunagazer."

Now Kira was even more confused! Just what was this... spirit going on about? Gift? She hadn't exactly been given any kind of gift recently, not since being adopted into her brother's family at the least.

"Okay, I'm definitely having some sorta bad dream aren't I? I mean I haven't exactly done much to receive anything as of late, aside from gifting some of my own pranks on others!"

She said that with a hint of pride, as sometime ago, she got a certain blonde-haired nurse to fall for her puppy dog eyes trick when trying to dodge her usual IV injections, unfortunately it didn't work on her partner Doctor who was with her, but he made sure it didn’t hurt quite as much, so she couldn't really be mad about that.

The spirit then giggled again, and then ruffled Kira's hair, causing the young girl to be surprised but also laugh in response, feeling as if this spirit shared her sense of humor and was rewarding her for it.

"I can certainly tell you are very mischievous indeed, not like most I have seen over the many who have come to wield my gift of pain relief, but that's not why I summoned you here, I can sense you're afraid of the big surgery you're about to have in about two days time, am I correct?"

Kira blinked in surprise, amazed that this spirit was somehow able to sense her emotions, but then nodded yes in sadness, holding her arm and looking away as if to try and hide tears from the spirit, but suddenly the spirit embraced her and spoke comfortingly again.

"Do not worry, there is nothing to be afraid of, by the blessing of my husband and I of the stars, the young Asclepiad in charge of your treatment will safely remove your affliction, and you'll be as fit as a sunflower ready to spread joy to others who are suffering just like you are!"

The spirit then looked to Kira who seemed to have calmed down slightly, and now Kira looked a bit curious, given what this spirit seemed to know, she had to ask.

"You mean Big Bro Derek? Are you saying his star power is the same as yours? A-Are you telling me... I have his power too!? H-How can I use it!? Can I use it to cure myself? Is it able to help me seek the answers to those horrible math questions I have on homework!?"

Kira just went on and on with glee and excitement, her eyes shining with wonder at the possibilities, though this was beginning to overwhelm the spirit with how many she asked, she eventually had to put her hand on Kira's lips to get her to stop and slow down!

"I can understand your excitement young one, but unfortunately that isn't what your gift is for or even able to do, besides you can ask these questions when we do meet again properly on your own accord next time."

The young girl blushed a little in embrassment, though she didn't need to give any apologies, somehow she felt the spirit understood and had already forgiven her.

"Now, it seems our time here in the Astral plane is running short, so I'll have to leave soon, but never forget this, even if your brother and his family aren't always present physically, their love and support shall always be with you in spirit no matter how far apart you may become, however if you ever feel lost or alone, call out with your heart and I will heed your call, may the stars of the night light your dreams, Kira Lunagazer."

"W-W-Wait!! Miss uh...Grandma-friendly-spirit!? I don't know your name!!"

The spirit looked in surprise upon hearing how she was addressed, it was just so funny to her she snorted and laughed before composing herself and then smiled warmly at Kira before everything began to fade out, holding Kira one last time as if to let her know she was still there and would always support her.

"You may know me... as Epione."

And with that... everything faded and Kira closed her eyes, falling into a rather peaceful sleep that night.

Just a bit of a one-shot story I kinda came up with on the fly in relation to this art, but yeah kinda wanted to do a Kira meeting Epione as a paitent for the first time and somewhat learning about her powers, though she's probably not certain if it was for real or even a dream to begin with, so yeah she still won't be exactly aware of what her powers do until much later.

So yeah, not much else to say, other than this takes place for in-between period during Chapter 8 of the Trauma Center Fan Manga when Kira's first admitted as a paitent and has to be treated by Derek, I'd figure that even with the support of Derek, Kira would still be a little bit scared of getting operated on for the first time, and it seems it was powerful enough to warrant Epione intervening.

I'll probably cover a full story of how Kira gets sick the first time and the events surrounding that as well as how James takes it, but other than that just kinda also did this to see about getting back into the groove of fanfics.

[nullkunst]

Epione expressions!

[yourgodlyparent]

Epione: Goddess of Soothing Pain

Epione kids 💊Compassionate 💊Great listeners 💊Clueless when it comes to fashion 💊Can always spot a lie

No Cabin Assigned Yet Link in bio for more Epione info 💊

[spirituallyunhinged]

i made honey toast today for asclepius, epione, n their daughters (iaso, aceso, aegle, hygieia, and panacea) n gave them a chips ahoy cookie too

im glad i started a weekly offering for them on top of the energetic offerings

[brekkie-e]

Idk if I've ever posted this, but I found my @snarkspawn commission of my girl Epi from a few years back and wanted to share!

They're mutually insufferable, but they make one hell of a team.