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The hymn to Hygieia, Health as a goddess, follows the hymn to Asclepius and calls her queen and mother of all.
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How it opens, word by word ΥΓΕΙΑΣ Hygeías Of Hygieia , θυμίαμα thymíama Incense μάνναν mánnan frankincense powder . Ἱμερόεσσʼ Himeróess’ Desirable , ἐρατή eratḗ lovely , πολυθάλμιε polythálmie nourisher of many , παμβασίλεια pambasíleia queen of all , κλῦθι klŷthi hear , μάκαιρʼ mákair’ blessed Ὑγίεια Hygíeia Hygieia ,
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68.1 Hygieia, mother of all. Of Hygieia. Incense: frankincense powder. Desirable, lovely, nourisher of many, queen of all, hear…68.3 Through you every house blooms. For through you diseases waste away for mortals, every house blooms full of joy…68.6 Only Hades hates her. only Hades, the destroyer of life, hates you, always: you, the ever-blooming one, most…68.8 Without health, nothing is worth having. for without you all things are useless to people: Wealth, the giver of bliss,…68.12 Help the initiates. But come, goddess, always, as a helper to your initiates, warding off the ill-fated…Open Hymn 68 in the full reader
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