Eileithyias Antron
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
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
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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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589769
35.318405, 25.21053
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 15947 (750 BC - AD 640)
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- Eileithyias Antron (750 BC - AD 640)
- Eileithyias Antron connection Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center), cave
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 D2 Eileithyias Antron
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Neraïdospilios/Koutsouras cave
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: 06 December 2023]
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