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{{Quote|Daughter of the Healing God, Aeclepiadae; 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}} | {{Quote|Daughter of the Healing God, Aeclepiadae; 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 within a shrine]] | [[File:ACO_Statue_of_Hygieia.jpg|thumb|250px|Statue of Hygieia within a shrine]] | ||
'''Shrine to Hygieia''' was a shrine dedicated to the [[Greece|Greek]] goddess [[Hygieia]] within the [[ | '''Shrine to Hygieia''' was a shrine dedicated to the [[Greece|Greek]] goddess [[Hygieia]] within the [[Green Mountains]] region of [[Libya]] in the 1st century BCE. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Revision as of 13:16, 22 February 2020
- "Daughter of the Healing God, Aeclepiadae; 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]
Shrine to Hygieia was a shrine dedicated to the Greek goddess Hygieia within the Green Mountains region of Libya in the 1st century BCE.
History
Around 47 BCE, the Medjay Bayek of Siwa explored the shrine, finding it infested with snakes. He also claimed the valuables near the statue.[1]