Head of the goddess Hygieia
Head of the goddess Hygieia Provenance: Tegea, Arcadia Date: ca. 360–340 BC Material: Pentelic marble Period: Late Classical Museum: National Archaeological Museum, Athens Inventory number: NAM 3602 Marble head of the goddess Hygieia, daughter of Asclepius and personification of physical and mental well-being. It most likely belonged to a cult statue that once stood in the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea, one of the most important sanctuaries in the Peloponnese.