The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 116
elebrated statues in Florence, Paris, and Rome (Vatican);in the last case, of a beardless yEsculapius. 2. Inferior Deities of Birth and Healing.—TheGreeks also honored Uithyia as a goddess of birth. Thisappears to have been originally a surname of Hera, asa deity who succored women in childbirth.… … Fig. 33.—Ilead of Asclepius.Museum. British Il4 GREEK AND ROMAN MrTHOLOGY. with Hygiea, whom they called Strenia, or Salus. Agguardian of the chamber of birth, they honored Carna, orCardea, who was supposed to drive away the evil Striges(screech-owls) that came at night to suck the blood of…
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