Hygeia

Hygieia was the goddess of good health, cleanliness and hygiene in Greek mythology, daughter of the god of medicine, Asclepius (Pausanias 1.23.4, 5.20.3), and Epione, whom the Epidaurians called the wife of Asclepius (Pausanias 2.29.1).

Facts about Hygeia

Her sisters were Panacea (goddess of universal remedy) and Iaso (goddess of recuperation), who shared an altar with her at Oropus (Pausanias 1.34.3), and in later writers also Aceso (goddess of the healing process) and Aegle (radiance). The boy god Telesphorus, called Euamerion at Titane, was worshipped beside Asclepius and his family (Pausanias 2.11.7). At Titane her image was so covered with locks of hair offered by women that it could hardly be seen (Pausanias 2.11.6). Hygieia was often depicted as a young woman feeding a large snake that was wrapped around her body.

See Also: Asclepius