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Hygeia [hī jē′ə]n.Gr. Myth. the goddess of health
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Hy·ge·ia (hī-jēʹə) n. Greek MythologyA daughter of Asclepius and goddess of health.* * *
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Hygeia — Hy*ge ia, n. [L. Hygea, Hygia, fr. Gr. ?, ?, health, ?, Hygeia, fr. ? sound, healthy.] (Classic Myth.) The goddess of health, daughter of Esculapius. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
HYGEIA — quae et Salus, Aesculapii filia, Ulcus habet quod habere suam vult quisque puellam, Quod sanare Criton, non quod Hygeia potest. Simulacrum eius ex aere, Micerati opus. una cum Aesculapii, in concordiae templo, Romae, asservatum, memoratur Plin. l … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Hygeia — [hī jē′ə] n. [L Hygea < Gr Hygeia, Hygieia < hygiēs: see HYGIENE] Gr. Myth. the goddess of health … English World dictionary
Hygeia — Hygiea bzw. Hygeia steht für: die Göttin der Gesundheit in der antiken griechischen Mythologie Hygeia (Mythologie) den Asteroiden (10) Hygiea … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Hygeia (city) — Hygeia was a proposed utopian community on the bank of the Ohio River on the site of present day Ludlow, Kentucky.The land was granted to Gen. Thomas Sandford by the U.S. military in 1790. Sandford traded the land to Thomas D. Carneal, who had… … Wikipedia
Hygeia (Mythologie) — Statue der Hygieia aus dem Asklepiosheiligtum in Dion, 1. Jahrhundert; heute im Archäologischen Museum von Dion Hygieía oder Hygeía (griechisch Ὑγίεια oder Ὑγεία „die Gesundheit“) ist in der griechischen Mythologie die Tochter des Asklepios. Sie… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hygeia House — Infobox nrhp | name =Hygeia House nrhp type = caption = location= New Shoreham, Rhode Island lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 10 lat seconds = 40 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 34 long seconds = 18 long direction = W locmapin =… … Wikipedia
Hygeia — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Hygieia Date: 1615 the goddess of health in Greek mythology … New Collegiate Dictionary
HYGEIA — in the Greek mythology the Goddess of Health, and daughter of Æsculapius; is represented as a virgin in a long robe, with a cup in her hand and a serpent drinking out of it … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
