The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special references to its use in art (1900)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, G. H. (George Henry) · New York : American Book · leaf 116
elebrated statues in Florence, Paris, and Kome (Vatican);in the last case, of a beardless ^sculapius. 2. Inferior Deities of Birth and Healing.—TheGreeks also honored Ilithyia as a goddess of birth. Thisappears to have been originally a surname of Hera, asa deity who succored women in childbirth.… … Fig. 33.—Head of Asclepius.Museum. Britisi? 114 GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGlT. with Hygiea, whom they called Strenia, or Salus. Asguardian of the chamber of birth, they honored Carna, orCardea, who was supposed to drive away the evil StrigesJscreech-owlsj that came at night to suck the blood of…
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