Hygieia
Hygieia is a goddess whose name means "Health" and who appears alongside Eshmun on a gold plaque found near his temple in Sidon. She is associated with healing and health.
↻ synthesized from 11 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Found depicted with Eshmun on gold plaque near Temple of Eshmun, dating to period of temple use (late 6th century BCE to Roman period).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Aesculapius, Sirona, Mother of the Gods, Core, Mars Sagatus, Heh, Seshat, Renpetneferet, Athena Hygieia, Eir, Coronis, Cheiron, Aegle, Aesculapian snake, Iaso, Aceso, Asclepius, Imhotep, Panacea, Arsinoe, Vediovis, Aristodeme, Epione, Machaon, Aratus, Telesphoros, Aesculapian Snakes, Glycon, Diana, Isis, Sol, Serapis, Thoth, Zeus, Apollo
- allied with
- Eshmun, Grannus, Asclepius, Telesphorus, Aesculapius, Apollo the Healer, Panacea, Apollo the Physician, Apollo Healer
- sibling of
- Aegle, Aglaia, Telesphorus, Panacea, Iaso, Aceso, Machaon, Podalirius, Telesphoros, Aratus, Podaleirios
- consort of
- Asclepius
- child of
- Epione, Aesculapius, Asclepius
- syncretized with
- Valetudo
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Also found near the temple was a gold plaque of Eshmun and the goddess Hygieia (meaning "Health") showing Eshmun holding a staff in his right hand around which a serpent is entwined.”
#11678 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“at Faimingen with Hygieia and the Mother of the Gods”
#16651 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Deir el-Bahari a temple to Amenhotep son of Hapu and Imhotep was created during the Ptolemaic period, where Hygieia was worshipped alongside Asclepius, a possible Greek association with Renpetneferet.”
#20877 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Ancient Greek medicine, Bowl of Hygieia, College of Aesculapius and Hygia”
#28662 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“He is often accompanied by Telesphorus, the boy genius of healing, and his daughter Hygieia, the goddess of health.”
#43816 · extracted by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b:free