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Hygeia, Greek Goddess of Health
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Title: Hygeia, Greek Goddess of Health
Caption: Hygeia holding a pentangle and a staff encircled by a snake. In Greek and Roman mythology, Hygeia was a daughter of the god of medicine, Asclepius. She was the goddess (personification) of health, cleanliness and sanitation. Hygieia played an important part in her father's cult. While her father was more directly associated with healing, she was associated with the prevention of sickness and the continuation of good health. Her name is the source of the word "hygiene". She was imported by the Romans as the Goddess Valetudo, the goddess of personal health, but in time she started to be increasingly identified with the ancient Italian goddess of social welfare, Salus.
Category: ILLUSTRATION • black & white • Medical: History • Culture: Mythology
Credit: Album / Science Source / Wellcome Images
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Image size: 2965 × 4800 px | 40.7 MB
Print size: 25.1 × 40.6 cm | 1167.3 × 1889.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: AESCULAPIUS • ANCIENT • ANTIQUITY • ART • ARTWORK • ASCLEPIUS STAFF • ASCLEPIUS • BLACK & WHITE • BW • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CLASSICAL • CULTURE: MYTHOLOGY • DRAWING • ENGRAVING • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FEMALE • GODDESS OF CLEANLINESS • GODDESS OF HEALTH • GODDESS OF PERSONAL HEALTH • GODDESS OF PHARMACY • GODDESS OF SANITATION • GODDESS OF SOCIAL WELFARE • GRECO-ROMAN MYTH • GRECO-ROMAN MYTHOLOGY • GREEK GODDESS • GREEK MYTH • GREEK MYTHOLOGY • GREEK • GREEK-ROMAN MYTHOLOGY • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HYGEIA • HYGIEA • HYGIEIA • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • ITALIAN GODDESS • LEGEND • LEGENDARY • MEDICAL • MEDICAL: HISTORY • MEDICINAL • MEDICINE • MYTH • MYTH: ROMAN • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NOTABLE • PENTANGLE • PERSONIFICATION • ROD OF ASCLEPIUS • ROMAN GODDESS • ROMAN MYTH • ROMAN MYTHOLOGY • ROMAN • SALUS • SCIENCE • SERPENT STAFF • SNAKE ROD • SNAKE • STAFF • VALETUDO • WELL-KNOWN • WOMAN
