Hygieia
[[File:Statue of Hygieia (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Image of a marble statue depicting the lower portion of the goddess Hygieia while seated with a portion of a snake coiled atop the legs. Located in the Roman collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv: 03.12.11a Dates to the 1st or 2nd century, A.D.]]
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Hygieia
- Deity.image
- Hygea, copia romana da originale greco del III sec. ac.JPG
- Deity.caption
- 1st-century Roman statue of the goddess
- Deity.god_of
- Goddess of good health, cleanliness, and sanitation
- Deity.abode
- Mount Olympus
- Deity.parents
- Asclepius and Epione
- Deity.siblings
- Iaso, Panacea, Aceso, Aegle
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- The role of Hygieia in antiquity
- Hygieia and Asclepius
- Worship
- Recent discoveries
- See also
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
[[File:Statue of Hygieia (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Image of a marble statue depicting the lower portion of the goddess Hygieia while seated with a portion of a snake coiled atop the legs. Located in the Roman collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inv: 03.12.11a Dates to the 1st or 2nd century, A.D.]]
Hygieia is a goddess from Greek mythology (more commonly spelled Hygeia, sometimes Hygiea; ; or , or ). Hygieia is a goddess of health ( – hugieia), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene". Hygieia developed from a light personification to a full goddess within the cult of Asklepios. Together with her father, she appeared in dreams of patients who visited their temples. Patients performed the healing ritual temple sleep to get healed.