Hygiea
Also known as: Health · Family: divine · Role: goddess · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 23
Hygiea, also known as Health, is described in Book 1, Chapter 23 as the daughter of Æsculapius. In Book 1, Chapter 34, she is named among those to whom part of an altar belongs, alongside Aphrodite, Panacea, Jason and Athene; later in the book, statues of her and Æsculapius are attributed to Bryaxis.
In Book 2, Chapter 23, a statue of Hygiea stands beside one of Æsculapius at his temple in Argos, near the seated statue designers Xenophilus and Strato. In Chapter 27, Antonine builds a temple dedicated to Hygiea, Æsculapius and Apollo, among other works.
In Book 7, Chapter 23, statues of Hygiea and Æsculapius at Ægium are attributed to Damophon. In Book 8, Chapter 28, both statues at a temple in Pentelican marble are by Scopas; in Chapter 31, Hygiea appears in relief at the entrance alongside Artemis and Æsculapius.
Relationship record
Life events
- Antonine constructed a bath and temples dedicated to Æsculapius, Hygiea, Apollo, and the Bountiful Gods.(Book 2 · Chapter 27 · 📍 sacred grove of Æsculapius)
- With: Antonine Æsculapius Apollo
- “Antonine the Senator constructed in our days a bath of Æsculapius, and a temple of the gods they call the Bountiful Gods. He built also a temple for Hygiea and for Æsculapius and for Apollo under the title of Egyptian gods.”
- Damophon created the statues of Hygiea and Æsculapius.(Book 7 · Chapter 23 · 📍 Ægium)
- With: Damophon Æsculapius
- “The iambic line on the basement says that they were by the Messenian Damophon.”
Book 1 · Chapter 23
- parent: Æsculapius “Hygiea, (Health), who they say was the daughter of Æsculapius”
Book 1 · Chapter 34
- with Aphrodite (Share the fourth division of Amphiaraus's altar.) “And the fourth division of the altar belongs to Aphrodite and Panacea, and also to Jason and Hygiea and Pæonian Athene”
- with Panacea (Share the fourth division of Amphiaraus's altar.) “And the fourth division of the altar belongs to Aphrodite and Panacea, and also to Jason and Hygiea and Pæonian Athene”
- with Jason (Share the fourth division of Amphiaraus's altar.) “And the fourth division of the altar belongs to Aphrodite and Panacea, and also to Jason and Hygiea and Pæonian Athene”
- with Athene (Share the fourth division of Amphiaraus's altar.) “And the fourth division of the altar belongs to Aphrodite and Panacea, and also to Jason and Hygiea and Pæonian Athene”
Book 1 · Chapter 40
- with Bryaxis (Bryaxis made the statue of Hygiea.) “And statues of Æsculapius and Hygiea, both the work of Bryaxis.”
Book 2 · Chapter 23
- with Xenophilus (Xenophilus designed the statue of Hygiea.) “The most famous of the temples of Æsculapius at Argos has a statue still to be seen, Æsculapius seated, in white stone, and next to him a statue of Hygiea. There are also seated near them those who designed these statues, Xenophilus and Strato.”
- with Strato (Strato designed the statue of Hygiea.) “The most famous of the temples of Æsculapius at Argos has a statue still to be seen, Æsculapius seated, in white stone, and next to him a statue of Hygiea. There are also seated near them those who designed these statues, Xenophilus and Strato.”
Book 2 · Chapter 27
- with Antonine (Antonine built a temple for Hygiea.) “He built also a temple for Hygiea and for Æsculapius and for Apollo under the title of Egyptian gods.”
Book 5 · Chapter 20
- parent: Æsculapius “On one side is Æsculapius and Hygiea, one of the daughters of Æsculapius, and Ares and Contest by him”
Book 7 · Chapter 23
- with Damophon (Damophon made the statues of Hygiea and Æsculapius.) “The iambic line on the basement says that they were by the Messenian Damophon.”
Book 8 · Chapter 28
- with Scopas (Scopas made the statue of Hygiea.) “There is there a temple of Æsculapius in Pentelican marble, his statue has no beard, there is also a statue of Hygiea, both statues are by Scopas.”
Book 8 · Chapter 31
- with Artemis (Depicted together in relief.) “And on figures in relief at the entrance are Artemis, Æsculapius, and Hygiea.”
- with Æsculapius (Depicted together in relief.) “And on figures in relief at the entrance are Artemis, Æsculapius, and Hygiea.”
Book 8 · Chapter 32
- with Æsculapius (They were jointly represented in a temple and statues.) “Here too are a temple and statues of Æsculapius and Hygiea”
Book 8 · Chapter 47
- with Scopas (Scopas made the statue of Hygiea.) “On one side of the statue of Athene stands Æsculapius, on the other Hygiea in Pentelican marble, both by the Parian Scopas.”
- with Athene (Hygiea is represented standing beside Athene's statue.) “On one side of the statue of Athene stands Æsculapius, on the other Hygiea in Pentelican marble, both by the Parian Scopas.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.