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Eileithyias Antron

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Zachary Rosalinsky, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Aug 03, 2022 11:59 AM — History
The Cave of Eileithyia outside Heraklion on Crete is an ancient sanctuary sacred to the goddess of childbirth. The shrine was active during Neolithic, Minoan, and Mycenaean phases.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589769

35.318405, 25.21053
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sanctuary (religious center), cave

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2 Eileithyias Antron

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Neraïdospilios/Koutsouras cave


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J. Bennet, G. Reger, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Zachary Rosalinsky, and Tom Elliott, 'Eileithyias Antron: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589769> [accessed: 26 March 2025] 

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