• A Woman’s Touch. Hygieia, Health and Incubation

    Author(s):
    Mark Beumer (see profile)
    Date:
    2022
    Group(s):
    Ancient Greece & Rome, Byzantine Studies, Late Antiquity, Medical Humanities, Premodern Healthscaping
    Item Type:
    Article
    Tag(s):
    ancient medicine, Asklepios cult, goddess, Hygieia, Personification, temple sleep
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/79x6-hq35
    Abstract:
    In this paper, I argue that Hygieia has to be viewed as a full goddess in Greek religion and medicine, with a special focus on her position within the Asklepios cult. I will examine her identity, to which scholars attribute several labels like goddess, abstraction and personification. I further argue that Hygieia’s role in performing incubation rituals gradually became as important as that of her mythological father Asklepios, by examining her representation and the meaning of the ancient concept of health (ὑγίεια).
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    Publisher:
    MYRIS TRADE Ltd., P. O. Box 2, V Štíhlách 1311/3, 142 00 Prague 4, Czech Republic
    Pub. Date:
    2022
    Journal:
    Journal of History of Sciences and Technology/DVT - Dejiny ved a techniky
    Volume:
    LV
    Issue:
    1-2
    Page Range:
    25 - 55
    ISSN:
    0300-4414
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    6 months ago
    License:
    Attribution
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