Ilithyia

Eileithuia, Eileithyia, Eileithyiae, Eilethuia, Eilethyia

The goddess of childbirth.

Genealogy

Hera

Zeus

Aeacus, Aethlius, Aglaia, Amphion, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arcas, Ares, Argus, Artemis, Asopus, Ate, Athena, Atropus, Atymnius, Calliope, Castor, Clio, Clotho, Corinthus, Dardanus, Dike, Dionysus, Eirene, Endymion, Epaphus, Erato, Eunomia, Euphrosyne, Euterpe, Hebe, Helen, Hellen, Hephaestus, Hercules, Hermes, Iasion, Lacedaemon, Lachesis, Megarus, Melpomene, Minos, Pan, Pelasgus, Persephone, Perseus, Pollux, Polymnia, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Targitaüs, Terpsichore, Thalia, Thalia, Tityus, Urania, Zethus

Places
  1. Mount Olympus
  2. Nowhere
  3. Unknown
Events
  1. Ilithyia is born
  2. Hera persuades the Ilithyias to delay Heracles’ birth
  3. Hercules and Iphicles born
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 3.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 4.5
  3. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 16, Section 178
  4. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 95
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 112
  6. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 18.5
  7. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 1, Section 44.2
  8. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 5.4
  9. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 18.3
  10. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.6
  11. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 22.7
  12. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 2, Section 35.11
  13. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 14.6
  14. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 3, Section 17.1
  15. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 4, Section 31.9
  16. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 20.2
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 20.3
  18. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 20.5
  19. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 6, Section 20.6
  20. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 23.5
  21. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 23.6
  22. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 23.7
  23. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 25.9
  24. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 7, Section 27.8
  25. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 21.3
  26. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 32.4
  27. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 48.7
  28. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 8, Section 48.8
  29. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 9, Section 27.2
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