Hygieia
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- Date de création
- End of the 3rd century
- Material
- Saint-Béat marble (Haute-Garonne)
- Dimensions
- H. 76 x l. 73 x P. 35 (cm)
- Inventory number
- Ra 34 k
Hygieia was the personification of health, cleanliness and hygiene. Like her father Asclepius, she was associated with a snake that is often shown drinking from a cup, a snake cup that has since become the emblem of pharmacists. Here the reptile slithers between the goddess’s shoulders.
P. Capus
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To cite this notice
Capus P., "Hygieia", in The sculptures of the roman villa of Chiragan, Toulouse, 2019, online <https://villachiragan.saintraymond.toulouse.fr/en/ark:/87276/a_ra_34_k>.