Hygieia

In Greek mythology, goddess of health (Roman Salus); daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine, and his wife in the Orphic hymns, part of the rites of the mystery religion of Orphism.

Worship Her cult first appeared at Titane near Sicyon, in southern Greece, where she was honoured as a female aspect of Asclepius. After Asclepius was introduced in Athens (420 BC), Hygieia emerged as a distinct personality, exercising the functions previously attributed to the goddess of wisdom Athena in her healing capacity as Athena Hygieia, and gradually came to be regarded as Asclepius's daughter by his wife Epione.

In 293 BC the cults of Asclepius and Hygieia were introduced to Rome and to Epidaurus in Argolis, southern Greece, a major sanctuary of the classical period.