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{{Quote|Daughter of the Healing God, | {{Quote|Daughter of the Healing God, Aesclepiadae; fair and just Hygiea, you who prevents sickness, who grants us good health. You hold back the snakes that plague us. Their poison cannot taint us. Their fangs cannot bite us. All venom turns to sweet honey in sight of you. We honor you divine one.|Inscription on Hygieia's statue.|Assassin's Creed: Origins}} | ||
[[File:ACO_Statue_of_Hygieia.jpg|thumb|250px|Statue of Hygieia]] | [[File:ACO_Statue_of_Hygieia.jpg|thumb|250px|Statue of Hygieia]] | ||
'''Hygieia''' was a daughter of [[Asclepius]] and the goddess of health, cleanliness and hygiene in [[Greece|Greek]] and [[Rome|Roman]] mythology. | '''Hygieia''' was a daughter of [[Asclepius]] and the goddess of health, cleanliness and hygiene in [[Greece|Greek]] and [[Rome|Roman]] mythology. | ||
In the 1st century BCE, a shrine and statue of her was erected in the [[Green Mountains]] region of [[ | In the 1st century BCE, a shrine and statue of her was erected in the [[Green Mountains]] region of [[Cyrenaica]].<ref name="Assassin's Creed: Origins">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*''Aesclepiadae'' is a term used to refer to a group of people following Asclepius; in mythology, 'Aesclepiadae' includes all the sons and daughters of Asclepius. Among humans, the term was used of physicians, banding them together as a "clan of Aesclepiadae".<ref name="Clan of Aesclepiadae">"[https://books.google.fi/books?id=Ne0hDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Aesclepiadae&source=bl&ots=6JuW0K7_XE&sig=W0CZlNUTE5ZcHKWpwe6zbg-BkFg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiotIPelavdAhXBjiwKHXxUABoQ6AEwAHoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=Aesclepiadae&f=false# Clan of Aesclepiadae]". Accessed 8 September 2018.</ref> | |||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{c|statue only}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{c|statue only}} | ||
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[[Category:Greek deities]] | [[Category:Greek deities]] | ||
[[Category:Roman deities]] | [[Category:Roman deities]] | ||
Revision as of 12:22, 8 September 2018
- "Daughter of the Healing God, Aesclepiadae; fair and just Hygiea, you who prevents sickness, who grants us good health. You hold back the snakes that plague us. Their poison cannot taint us. Their fangs cannot bite us. All venom turns to sweet honey in sight of you. We honor you divine one."
- ―Inscription on Hygieia's statue.[src]
Hygieia was a daughter of Asclepius and the goddess of health, cleanliness and hygiene in Greek and Roman mythology.
In the 1st century BCE, a shrine and statue of her was erected in the Green Mountains region of Cyrenaica.[1]
Trivia
- Aesclepiadae is a term used to refer to a group of people following Asclepius; in mythology, 'Aesclepiadae' includes all the sons and daughters of Asclepius. Among humans, the term was used of physicians, banding them together as a "clan of Aesclepiadae".[2]
Appearance
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (statue only)
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins
- ↑ "Clan of Aesclepiadae". Accessed 8 September 2018.