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Hygeia

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Hy·ge·ia  (h-j)
n. Greek Mythology
A daughter of Asclepius and goddess of health.
Hygeia [haɪˈdʒiːə]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) the Greek goddess of health
Hygeian  adj
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Noun1.HygeiaHygeia - (Greek mythology) the goddess of health; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Panacea
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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I am no worshipper of Hygeia, who was the daughter of that old herb-doctor AEsculapius, and who is represented on monuments holding a serpent in one hand, and in the other a cup out of which the serpent sometimes drinks; but rather of Hebe, cup-bearer to Jupiter, who was the daughter of Juno and wild lettuce, and who had the power of restoring gods and men to the vigor of youth.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
Hygeia herself would have fallen sick under such a regimen; and how much more this poor old nervous victim?
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Homoeopathy is insignificant as an art of healing, but of great value as criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time.
Essays, Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
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