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Eileithyias Antron

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert

Last modified Jun 07, 2018 04:46 PM — History

tags: dare:major=0, Shrine, dare:feature=temple, dare:ancient=1, Eileithyia

The Cave of Eileithyia on Crete is an ancient sanctuary sacred to the goddess of childbirth. The shrine was active during Neolithic, Minoan, and Mycenaean phases.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589769

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.318405, 25.21053

Locations:

DARMC location 15947 (750 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Eileithyias Antron (750 BC - AD 640)

Eileithyias Antron makes connections with:

Eileithyias Antron connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)

Eileithyias Antron receives connections from:

None

Place type:
sanctuary (religious center), cave

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2 Eileithyias Antron

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Neraïdospilios/Koutsouras cave

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Suggested citation:
J. Bennet, G. Reger, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, and R. Talbert, 'Eileithyias Antron: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589769> [accessed: 06 December 2019]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589769 |title=Places: 589769 (Eileithyias Antron) |author=Bennet, J., G. Reger |accessdate=December 6, 2019 2:57 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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