Eileithyia
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Eileithyia or Ilithyia was the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery, and the daughter of Zeus and Hera.
The birth of Athena from the head of Zeus, with Eileithyia on the right
Zeus with two goddesses, perhaps two Eileithyiae, on a black-figure hydria from Rhodes, c. 530 BC
Hebe (mythology)
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hebe is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life. She was the cup-bearer for the gods of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia. On Sicyon, she w
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…mosaic shows the head figure of a woman, probably portrays the goddess Eileithyia. A fragment by Callimachus has Eileithyia assist her full-sister Hebe in her labour, presumably when she gave birth to Alexiares and Anicetus, her sons by Heracles. As the primary goddess of childbirth along with Artemis…
Classical depiction of Hebe
The Ricci Hydria showing Hebe bringing Heracles to Olympus from Earth upon his apotheosis. (National Etruscan Museum)
Hebe with her mother Hera on a metope from the Parthenon, Acropolis Museum, Greece.
A figure, possibly Hebe, finial from the temple of Ares, ca. 440s BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece.