It was love of display quite as much as love of beauty that gave Greece the goddess hygeia, the worship of whom expressed secondarily a desire for universal health, and primarily a love of the beautiful among those who had leisure to enjoy it.
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen
Every other house on the Back Bay has been abandoned for the hygeia."
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
Miss Van Hook said she hoped they should soon see him at the hygeia, and he replied that he was not sure that he should be able to come after all.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009