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|wketx=In Greek as well as Roman mythology, [[Hygieia]] (also [[Hygiea]] or [[Hygeia]]; /haɪˈdʒiːə/; Ancient Greek: [[Ὑγιεία]] or [[Ὑγεία]], Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa), was one of the Asclepiadae; the sons and daughters of the god of medicine, [[Asclepius]], and his wife Epione. Hygieia was the goddess/personification of health (Greek: ὑγίεια - hugieia), [[cleanliness]] and [[hygiene]].

Hygieia and her four sisters each performed a facet of Apollo's art: Hygieia (health, cleanliness, and sanitation); Panacea (universal remedy); Iaso (recuperation from illness); Aceso (the healing process); and Aglaïa (beauty, splendor, glory, magnificence, and adornment).

Hygieia also 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".

Hygieia 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]].
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|btext=ας (ἡ) :<br />Hygie, <i>déesse de la santé</i>.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ὑγίεια]].
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|elrutext='''Ὑγίεια:''' ион. Ὑγιείη ἡ [[Гигия]] (дочь Асклепия, богиня здоровья) Anth.
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