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Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίεια – hugieia [2]), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene". Hygieia is related to the Greek god of medicine, Asclepius, who is the son of the Olympian god Apollo. Hygieia is most commonly referred to as a daughter of Asclepius [3] and his wife Epione.
The word 'Gynaika' means woman in Greek. Before its publication, all Greek magazines were targeted towards the male gender. When the Greek media was opened up to international competition in the late 1980s many international women's magazines, such as ELLE and Marie Claire, entered the Greek market severely reducing the magazine's circulation.
Aratus, Panacea's half-brother, a Greek hero and the patron/liberator of Sicyon; However, portrayals of the family were not always consistent; Panacea and her sisters each at times appear as Asclepius' wife instead. [2] Panacea may have been an independent goddess before being absorbed into the Asclepius myth. [1]
In the Eastern Orthodox Christian mystical tradition of hesychasm, hesychia refers to a state of stillness and peace that is obtained through extreme ascetical struggle, prayer, and the constant contemplation of God.
Young Money magazine, Jan 2007. Cover story features Jenna Lee of Fox Business Network. This is a list of women's magazines from around the world. These are magazines that have been published primarily for a readership of women.
Harmonia is renowned in ancient story chiefly on account of the fatal necklace she received on her wedding day. When the government of Thebes was bestowed upon Cadmus by Athena, Zeus gave him Harmonia. All the gods honored the wedding with their presence.
It was an important concept in Ancient Greek philosophy, especially in the Epicurean school. It is also the root of the English word " hedonism ". In Greek mythology , Hedone is personified as a goddess of pleasure, enjoyment, and delight, as the daughter born from the union of Eros (personification of love) and Psyche (personification of the ...
Myrmex was an Attican girl famed for her cleverness and her chastity, and for this reason she was loved by Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom. [3]When Demeter created crops, Athena wished to show the Atticans an effective way of sowing the fields, so she created the plough, with Myrmex by her side.