Prayer to Hygeia
Hygeia
O' Hygeia of the Blissful Ones, you are most revered by mortals; with you I traverse the life remaining in me. For what is the joy of wealth or of children, or what brings people closer to the Gods? The power of a king or the secret lust brought by Aphrodite, or that obvious relief from pain which is the god sent delight. With you, blissful divine Hygeia, the company of the Kharites shine and bloom, without you, no one has well-being.
Fons · Source
AuthorAriphron
WorkPaian to Hygeia
Period4th c. BC
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Culturegreek
Formritual
DeitiesHygeia
Functionspraise · invocation
Spherehealing · personal