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Hygieia is a goddess from Greek mythology (also referred to as: Hygiea or Hygeia; / h aɪ ˈ dʒ iː ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὑγιεία or Ὑγεία, Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa). Hygieia is a goddess of health (Greek: ὑγίεια – hugieia [2]), cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene". Hygieia developed ...
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Head of the goddess Hygieia by Scopas from the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea (National Archaeological Museum of Athens). Scopas (Ancient Greek: Σκόπας; born in Paros, fl. 4th century BCE) was an ancient Greek sculptor and architect, [1] [2] most famous for his statue of Meleager, the copper statue of Aphrodite, and the head of goddess Hygieia, daughter of Asclepius.
She was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of healing, [22] and Epione, the goddess of soothing of pain. Hygieia had five sisters who also represented aspects of Apollo's healing: Panacea the goddess of universal remedy, Iaso the goddess of recuperation, Aceso the goddess of the healing process, and Aglaea the goddess of beauty. [23] 14 Vestal ...
Aceso depicted with her father, Asclepios, and her siblings. Unlike her sister Panacea (Cure-All), she represented the process of curing rather than the cure itself. [4] Her male counterpart was Acesis (Akesis). [5]
Hygieia was the Greek goddess of health, hygiene, cleanliness, and sanitation, and the daughter of Asclepius, who she is often closely associated with e.g. in prayers and hymns. Asclepius' symbol is his rod, with a snake twined around it; correspondingly, Hygieia's symbol is a cup or chalice with a snake twined around
The statues, created by artist Poppy Field, “complete” the building by filling the niches of its north porch, which have been empty since 1871, and its south porch, added in 2003.
The statue of Sirona shows her carrying a bowl of eggs (Green 1986 p. 162) and holding a long snake coiled around her lower arm (a link to the iconography of the Greek healing goddess Hygeia, daughter of Asklepios). She wears a long gown and has a star-shaped diadem on her head (a link with the meaning of the name Sirona).