- Alternative names
- Eileithyiai, Lucina
- Information
- goddess(es) of childbirth, daughter(s) of Zeus and Hera
- Possibly the same as
- 👥 the Pharmacidai
- Daughter of
- 👤 Hera 👤 Zeus
- Mother of
- 👤 Eros
- Born at
- 🌍 Amnisos (Crete)
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Moirai
- Eponym of
- 🏛️ the Cave of Eileithyia (Crete)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Aigion (Achaia) 🌍 Boura (Achaia) 🌍 Cleitor (Arcadia) 🌍 Delos (island) 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 🌍 Messene (Messenia) 🌍 Pellene (Achaia) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 the Acrocorinth (Corinth) 🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Eileithyia (Tegea) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Eilethyia (Argos) 🏛️ the Cave of Eileithyia (Crete)🏛️ the Temple of Eileithyia (Athens)
- Dwelling
- 🏛️ the Cave of Eileithyia (Crete)
- Depictions
- 🌍 Hierapolis (Syria) 🖌️ East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia (OlympiaLIMC Alpheios 8)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Aigion (Achaia) 🌍 Amnisos (Crete) 🌍 Boura (Achaia) 🌍 Cleitor (Arcadia) 🌍 Crete (island) 🌍 Delos (island) 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 🌍 Messene (Messenia) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) 🌍 Pellene (Achaia) 🌍 Phaisana (Arcadia) 🌍 River Inachos (Argolid) 🌍 Sparta (Laconia) 🌍 the Acrocorinth (Corinth) 🌍 the Hill of Cronos (Olympia) 🌍 the Land of the Hyperboreans 🌍 the Sanctuary of Eileithyia (Tegea) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Eilethyia (Argos) 🏛️ the Cave of Eileithyia (Crete)🏛️ the Palm Tree (Delos) 🏛️ the Temple of Eileithyia (Athens)🏺 the Statue of Eileithyia 🏺 the Statues of Eileithyia 👤 Alcmene 👤 Alpheios (river god) 👤 Amphitrite 👤 Amythaon 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Arcas 👤 Ares 👤 Artemis 👤 Ate 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Chrysippos (s. of Pelops) 👤 Cillas (eponym) 👤 Cladeos (river god) 👤 Clytios (s. of Alcmaion) 👤 Cronos 👤 Dione (Titan) 👤 Eros 👤 Euadne (Laconian/Arcadian) 👤 Eurystheus 👤 Hebe 👤 Hera 👤 Heracles 👤 Iamos 👤 Iris 👤 Lachesis 👤 Leto 👤 Melampous 👤 Olen 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Rhea 👤 Sosipolis 👤 Themis 👤 Zeus 👥 the Charites 👥 the Couretes (guardians) 👥 the Moirai 👥 the Muses
- Appears in
- 📜 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 91-126📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.3.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 2.4.5📜 Hesiod, Theogony 921-923📜 Homer, Iliad 11.269-11.272📜 Homer, Iliad 19.95-19.124📜 Homer, Odyssey 19.172-19.203📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 13 MacLeod📜 Pausanias 1.18.5📜 Pausanias 1.44.2📜 Pausanias 2.18.3📜 Pausanias 2.5.4📜 Pausanias 3.14.6📜 Pausanias 3.17.1📜 Pausanias 4.31.9📜 Pausanias 6.20.1-6.20.6📜 Pausanias 7.23.5📜 Pausanias 7.25.9📜 Pausanias 7.27.8📜 Pausanias 8.21.3📜 Pausanias 8.21.3-8.21.4📜 Pausanias 8.32.4📜 Pausanias 9.27.1-9.27.2📜 Pindar, Nemean 7 1-16📜 Pindar, Olympian 6 22-71📜 Pindar fr. 52m Snell-Maehler📜 Strabo 10.4.8
- Mentioned in Text
- Homeric Hymn 3 to ApolloApollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyLucian, Dialogues of the GodsPausaniasPindar, Nemean 7Pindar, Olympian 6PindarStrabo