122 MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS RITES. 
His daughter Hygeta ( pl. 24, jig. 19) was the goddess of health, and 
was represented as a plain virgin feeding a serpent out of a cup. His son 
Telesphorus (fig. 21) was the protector of convalescents. He appears 
extremely youthful, is dressed in a wide mantle, and his head covered with 
a cowl which is a continuation of the mantle, the whole figure indicating 
the precaution observed by convalescents to avoid a relapse. In pi. 27, 
Jig. 29, we have copied a beautiful group, in which Asclepios is represented 
sitting on a throne; near him stands Hygeia, feeding the serpent from the 
cup; while on eae side sits a youthful form, one Telesphorus and ss = 
probably another of his sons. 
4, SuBporDINATE oR MinistertnG Detriss. 
1. Hest was the danghter of Hera and goddess of youth. In Olympos 
she discharged the office of cup-bearer. She was represented as a lovely 
young maiden. Sometimes she appears leaning against an altar, holding 
in one hand a pitcher, in the other a cup, from which the eagle of Zeus is 
drinking (pl. 17, jig. 25). She is also represented (pl. 21, jig. 4) in the 
act of approaching with her pitcher, holding it aloft as if pouring out 
its contents. On a gem (pil. 22, fig. 11) she is caressing the eagle of the 
king of gods, which stands with one foot on a rock, the other on a globe 
of empire. The wings attached to her indicate her agility and swiftness. 
Her office of cup-bearer was transferred to Ganymede after her marriage 
to Heracles, or according to another myth, when in handing a cup to Zeus 
her foot had slipped, and she had fallen and spilt the nectar. Ganymede 
was a very handsome shepherd, and was seized by Zeus’s eagle, or by Zeus 
himself in the form of an eagle, and carried to Olympos, where, before 
entering upon his office, Aphrodite instructed him in his duties. In accord- 
ance with these incidents he was usually represented as a beautiful youth 
( pl. 17, jig. 24), his head covered with a Phrygian cap, ashort cloak thrown 
over his shoulders, holding in the left hand a shepherd’s staff, and in the 
right a cup from which he feeds the bird of Zeus with ambrosia. 
2. Ints, messenger of the gods, and particularly of Hera (pl. 21, fig. 5), 
is a winged goddess, wearing a double cloak over a long tunic; her left 
hand holds a herald’s staff and her right a helmet, which, in the picture 
whence our figure is copied, she is in the act of placing on a young warrior. 
3. Nemesis was one of the goddesses of justice, who so guided events that 
every deed met with reward or punishment according to its merits. While 
she encouraged genuine worth, she visited injustice with unrelenting 
severity. She is usually represented (pl. 23, jig. 5a) standing, and dressed 
in atunic. With her right hand she holds the garment which covers her 
breast a little distance from her; and she looks towards her bosom as if 
scrutinizing her inmost emotions. This attitude is intended to indicate the 
manner and measure by which she judges of human character and deserts. 
Her lett hand holds an ash twig; a wheel stands at her feet, and she usually 
appears with wings. As LVemesis Panthea we see her (jig. 5) endowed 
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