Hygieia
Τίς, ξένος ὦ ναυηγέ; Λεόντιχος ἐνθάδε νεκρὸν εὗρέ σ᾿ ἐπ᾿ αἰγιαλοῦ, χῶσε δὲ τῷδε τάφῳ, δακρύσας ἐπίκηρον ἑὸν βίον· οὐδὲ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἥσυχος, αἰθυίῃ δ᾿ ἶσα θαλασσοπορεῖ. → Who art thou, shipwrecked stranger? Leontichus found thee here dead on the beach, and buried thee in this tomb, weeping for his own uncertain life; for he also rests not, but travels over the sea like a gull.
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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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
Hygie, déesse de la santé.
Étymologie: ὑγίεια.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Ὑγίεια: ион. Ὑγιείη ἡ Гигия (дочь Асклепия, богиня здоровья) Anth.
Translations
ar: هيجيا; az: Higeya; bg: Хигия; br: Hygieia; ca: Higiea; cs: Hygieia; cy: Hygieia; da: Hygieia; de: Hygieia; el: Υγεία; en: Hygieia; eo: Higia; es: Higía; eu: Higia; fa: هایجیا; fi: Hygieia; fr: Hygie; gl: Hixía; he: היגיאה; hu: Hügieia; hy: Հիգեա; ia: Salute; it: Igea; ja: ヒュギエイア; ka: ჰიგეა; lb: Hygieia; lt: Higėja; mk: Хигија; nl: Hygieia; nn: Hygieia; no: Hygiea; oc: Igea; pl: Higieja; pt: Hígia; ro: Higia; rue: Гигиея; ru: Гигиея; sk: Hygieia; sl: Higieia; sr: Хигија; sv: Hygieia; th: ไฮเจีย; tr: Hygieia; uk: Гігіея; vi: Hygieia; zh: 许癸厄亚
