Salus
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Roman The goddess of health and preservation,
also of success and good fortune. Salus was more
of an abstraction than a character in myths and became
closely associated with the Greek goddess of health,
Hygeia. In 302 b.c., the Romans dedicated a new
temple on the Quirinal Hill to Salus. People celebrated
her feast on April 30. Salus was often shown standing
on a globe and pouring liquid from a cup onto an altar
around which curled a snake. Her name was part of the
popular phrase "Salus Publica," referring to the public
health, or well-being of the state and society of Rome.