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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Alexanor''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀλεξάνωρ) a son of [[Machaon (physician)|Machaon]], and grandson of the Greek god [[Asclepius]].
== Mythology ==
Alexanor was worshipped as a hero in [[Titani|Titane]] of [[Sicyon|Sicyonia]],<ref name="DGRBM">{{cite encyclopedia | last = Schmitz | first = Leonhard | title = Alexanor | editor = William Smith | editor-link = William Smith (lexicographer) | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]] | volume = 1 | pages = 128 | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]] | location = Boston | year = 1867 | url = http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;idno=acl3129.0001.001;q1=demosthenes;size=l;frm=frameset;seq=143}}</ref>  where he established an [[Asclepieion]] temple built to his grandfather within a grove densely planted with cypresses. He also built a temple on the summit of Titane in the territory of Sicyon to honor his grandfather, around which there were dwellings for the use of those who came to solicit the aid of the god.<ref>{{cite book  | last = Leake  | first = William Martin  | author-link = William Martin Leake | title = Travels in the Morea  | publisher = J. Murray  | year = 1830 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.46932/page/n399 377]  | url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.46932 }}</ref>  Inside this Asclepieion, there were wooden statues (xoana) of Asclepius and [[Hygeia]]. Many believed that the statue of Asclepius was the work of Alexanor himself. In his honor, there was also his own statue inside the building.
Alexanor's brothers were [[Sphyros]], who also founded an Asclepieion in Argos, [[Polemocrates (physician)|Polemocrates]], Alcon, and others that remain unknown. Alexanor had great respect for his grandfather and was proud of his heritage so proud he built a temple in his honor he himself would in up being worshiped there along with his grandfather, and sacrifices were offered to him, but only after sunset.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 2.23.4, 11.6</ref>
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== References ==
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*{{cite book |author=Emmy Patsi-Garin |title=Concise Dictionary of Greek Mythology (1969)|at=p. 88}} Athens, Hari Patsi publishing house.
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