Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 820
Amphora from Girgenti, now at Karlsruhe :Zeus in labour, with two Eileithyiai and Hermes in attendance. See page 665 «• l. The birth of Athena in art 665 Karlsruhe (pi. li)1, Vienna (fig. 476)2, and Florence (figs. 477, 478)3,produce the same effect by adding to left and right one or moredeities as… … Fig. 476. notion that EiXeidvia, from et\\oi + dvla, means in der Bedrangnis schnell herbeieilend (Etym. Worterb. d. Gr. Spr.2 p. 129). But that notion is itself improbable, and the wingsmay be explained as in the text. The same explanation fits the Etruscan Eileithyiai, whoappear as winged women…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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