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Thank the Gods for Hygiene

May 25, 2020
Maria Teresa Rizzo
Ancient Greece No Comments

Did you know that the word Hygiene comes from Hygieia, the Greek goddess of good health and the daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine!

Statue of the goddess Hygeia, Roman, 100 BCE – 100 CE Unknown maker.
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org

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