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	Ilithyia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ilithyia, along with Artemis and Persephone, is often shown carrying torches to bring children out of darkness and into light: in Roman mythology her counterpart in easing labor is Lucina ("of the light").
		In Greek shrines, small terracotta votive figures (kourotrophos) depicted an immortal nurse who took care of divine infants, who may be connected with Eileithyia.
		According to the Homeric Hymn III to Delian Apollo, Hera detained Eileithyia, who was coming from the Hyperboreans in the far north, to prevent Leto from going into labor with Artemis and Apollo, because the father was Zeus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eileithyia (671 words)

	- Festival Hemerologia of Attike - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		16th hemera: A sacrifice by the Attikos deme Erkhia to Kourotrophos, Hekate, and Artemis.
		Also on this day there are sacrifices to Kourotrophos, Hera, Zeus Teleios, and Poseidon by the Attikos deme Erkhia.
		3rd hemera: A sacrifice to Kourotrophos, Athena Polias, Aglauros, Zeus Polieos, Poseidon and possibly to Pandrosos by the Attikos deme Erkhia.
	www.geocities.com /hiera_mysteria/menos.html (2421 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.07.44
		Kourotrophos figurines are one exception to the scarcity of young children, as are adolescents, who, as those about to achieve their adult potential, are commonly depicted.
		As part of this identification of children, he also provides a summary of age-signs used in analyzing prehistoric iconography, noting that scholars have identified "up to five stages of female development and as many as nine for males" (n.66).
		The schematic modeling of most Neolithic and early Bronze Age figurines prevents the positive identification of child-figurines except in cases of undisturbed assemblages, such as the kourotrophos from Sesklo (the first of this very common type in Western art) or the familial group in the house model from Platia Magoula Zarkou.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2004/2004-07-44.html (3636 words)

	The Classics Pages - Sculpture
		Remember her when you look at the parade of "beautiful" women in sculpture or on vases, all tailored to the male gaze, fashionably slim, with expressionless faces, naked or artfully draped to accentuate what's concealed.
		The kourotrophos from Megara Hyblaea has a real figure and wears real clothes - and is the confident owner of her body.
		Jenny writes: "...And as for the Kourotrophos: no, sorry, it won't wash. She isn't in the least at ease with her own body; as a father and man of the world should know: she's pure male fantasy of maternal bliss.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /%7eloxias/sculpture.htm (573 words)

	Arrows - Myth & Culture: Mama Medea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		But like a homeopathic remedy where the curing of the disease is the source of the disease, Greek mythology shows that the same spirit that can let loose or hold back the disease and death, the protective, loving spirit, can also inflict disease and death.
		The Kourotrophos is both and neither: both the protective spirit that raises the child and the demon who steals the life from a child.
		Mothers hold this ambiguity within them and most of the time, the desire to kill a child is never literalized.
	www.mythandculture.com /weblog/2004/11/mama-medea.html (951 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2000.08.13
		That a copy of the book was submitted to BMCR for review indicates that either the author or the publisher hopes to market it to scholars.
		Certainly, there were other, important, pieces of post-archaic evidence that V. might have treated which he did not: Nicander's story of Hekate and the weasel, for example (ap.
		All of this being said, I must finish by adding that my biggest regret is that this book was published when it was.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2000/2000-08-13.html (777 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Children assist in many other ways; some carry accerai (Lat., incense boxes) to fill the thumiateria (incense burners).
		They also carry small, sacred tables and chairs, which are set up to entertain the chthonic goddesses allied with Athena: Pandrosos (All Bedewed) and Ge Kourotrophos (Nursing Mother Earth, a patron of nurses).
		Ge Kourotrophos has the bigger chair, since She is more important than Pandrosos, for Ge receives the prothuma (first offering) at all Athenian sacrifices, perhaps barley from the Kanoun (holy basket) or the honey cakes born by the Tray Carriers (both typical offerings to chthonic deities).
	www.cs.utk.edu /~mclennan/BA/OM/BA/SF/MidSummer.txt (2047 words)

	Thesmophoria and mystery cults among the Messapians at Monte Papalucio (Oria, Brindisi, Southern Italy)
		This type is accompanied by other instances, showing her wearing a kalathos, to which is attached the himation, and also as kourotrophos, as protectress of the feminine cycles related to motherhood.
		The part of the myth regarding the nursing of Demophon is perhaps recalled in the terracottas showing the goddess as kourotrophos, in the sense that they may be pointing at a function of the deity, actually explained through the mythical account, and enacted in specific rituals in the sanctuary of Oria.
		Or else, it may refer to a symbolical offspring generated during the performance of the ieros gamos, or hierogamy, that might have been (the question is controversial) enacted in the course of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
	www.ayahuasca-shamanism.co.uk /mysteries.htm (3262 words)

	Artemis
		As they tried they would be whipped, the meaning of Orthia and the nature of the ritual whipping has been lost and there is no logical explanation or translation.
		Among the epithets given to Artemis are: Potnia Theron (mistress of wild animals) this title was mentioned by the great poet Homer; Kourotrophos (nurse of youth's); Locheia (helper in childbirth); Agrotera (huntress); and Cynthia (taken from her birthplace on Mount Cynthus on Delos).
		When young girls reached puberty they were initiated into her cult, but when they decided to marry, which Artemis was not against, they were asked to lay in front of the altar all the paraphernalia of their virginity, toys, dolls and locks of their hair, they then left the domain of the virgin goddess.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/a/artemis.html (1092 words)

	simms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the event, the highest degree of congruence between inscriptions and literature was for the full literary database vs. the epigraphical database less Attica: these will be the versions compared below.
		First considering relative numbers of sacrifices, I find that literature is consistent with inscriptions in placing Zeus first with Apollo close behind; Poseidon, Dionysos and Aphrodite in the upper mid-range; Kore, Asklepios, Hermes, Helios and Hera in the lower mid-range; and Ge and Kourotrophos unpatronized at the bottom.
		Although the important divinities Athena, Artemis and Dionysos show significant numerical anomaly in this comparison, the total correlation of the two databases is still a respectable 83% (14% above that for the two unaltered databases)--which is by far the highest correlation found in this study.
	www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/99mtg/abstracts/simms.html (413 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This name was given to her by a great poet named Homer.
		Kourotrophos, nurse of youths; Locheia, helper in childbirth; Agroters, huntress; and Cynthia, taken from her birthplace.
		She was also given the names Phoebe or Selene, the goddess of the moon, neither being her original name.
	members.core.com /~starrcat/artem.htm (535 words)

	The Horned Owl Library: Hekate in Ancient Greek Religion
		In brief, I have found that the limited record indicates that in early times Hekate was a secondary figure who could serve one or more of several specific functions, none of which were unique to Her.
		The title Kourotrophos is applied to nearly all Greek goddesses, as well as a few gods.
		Literally meaning "child's nurse," it is often applied to goddesses that govern childbirth.
	www.islandnet.com /~hornowl/HekateArticle.html (3027 words)

	Category of heroinesencompassesa broadrange of figures
		Bore Hippothoon, one of the tribal eponymoi, to Poseidon and was put to death by her father.
		7.87; a chapel of Blaute and Kourotrophos is mentioned in an inscription from the acropolis, IG II 5183.
		Woman (priestess?) buried in sanctuary of Artemis Leukophrynbe in Magnesia, Clem.
	www.albany.edu /faculty/lr618/3heroines.html (4252 words)

	Find in a Library: Kourotrophos : cults and representations of the Greek nursing deities
		Kourotrophos : cults and representations of the Greek nursing deities
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	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/1142c0a72b92563d.html (53 words)

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		We hungrily plan our escapes from our mothers, trying to run as fast we can from the dangerous taint of something that no one ever says: the Mother creates and the Mother can kill.
		The Mother is the Kourotrophos – literally the Child Rearer.
		James Hillman writes: Kali lurks eternal, so there will always be urges to destroy the child.
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	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Also a sacrifice by the Attic deme Erchia to Kourotrophos and Artemis.
		Also on this day there was a sacrifice to Kourotrophos, Hera, Zeus Teleius and Poseidon by the Attic deme Erchia.
		This may have been connected with the Theogamia festival.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=HLAG1145 (2415 words)

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		My primary deity is a goddess, one who, ha ha, has no children.
		One of her titles, however, is kourotrophos, Nurse of children.
		One of her main duties was to protect women in labor and the subsequent baby and toddler.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=7481714&postID=110915459874187206 (422 words)

	Skirophorion, 3rd year of the 9th Olympiad
		Kourotrophos, Athene Polias, Aglaurus, Zeus Polieus, Poseidon, Pandrosos
		Moon phase and solar year events are shown on the day in Athens.
		UTC is "Coordinated Universal Time", commonly called Greenwich Mean Time.
	www.numachi.com /~ccount/hmepa/calendars/9.3.Skirophorion.html (89 words)

	IG XI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		And the following were dedicated in our year of office and we gave them over to the hieropoioi Phillis and Tharsynon: two silver animals on silver semi-circle, weight 40, Apollodoros of Kyme dedicated; phiale in plinth of Sosis and Praxidemos and Sokles; phiale of the Okyneidai and Thyestadai, weight 100 [space]
		In the House of the Delians: twelve cubit pieces of oak wood, (100) one of which we used for the small stoa for Kourotrophos, the other we gave over.
		In the Plinthinon: eighteen cubit piece of fir we gave over.
	www.brynmawr.edu /classics/translations/203translation.htm (535 words)

	A Pagan Family - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I pray to Hera who protects marriages and the wedding bed to bring you bliss, pleasure and happiness.
		For children, pray to Hestia to bless your home and to Artemis who is the Kourotrophos (protectress of the newly born).
		Demeter is also a good one to pray to if you incur her mercy by telling her the 'pain' of not having a child (since she lost her daughter Persephone...)
	p208.ezboard.com /fthewiseowlfrm1.showMessage?topicID=106.topic (426 words)

	The History Of Hekate - Tarot by Olympias
		Hekate did not deem to reside on Olympus however,and chose to live on/in earth.
		Hekate is associated with being a fertility Goddess and credited as the "Nurse" (kourotrophos, "From the Beginning") to all living beings - (The Meridian Handbook of Classical Mythology, 1970).
		She is closely associated with Demeter, Kybele, Artemis, Selene, Nemesis, Hermes and Apollo.
	www.tarotbyolympias.com /olylakegoddess.html (737 words)

	Antiquities Exhibit Explores Childhood in Ancient Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Children normally spent their early days in the women's quarter.
		Several rare pictures on figured vases of children in the household are assembled here, along with a representative sequence of one of the most enduring images in Western art, that of the kourotrophos, or mother and child—a precursor to the Madonna and child.
		A range of baby feeders, including one in the form of a pig, and classical vase-paintings showing children seated in potties remind the viewer of the daily needs of young children.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/09/0912_030912_ancientgreece.html (839 words)

	Hekate Samhain Ritual... - MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Pagan Forums
		Kourotrophos lights torch and holds it high over the fire.
		Goddesses whisper random keywords to each guest, and hand them a scroll.
		Samhain is the celebration of the final harvest.
	www.mysticwicks.com /showthread.php?t=36095 (1459 words)

	Compiled List of Festivals and Sacrifices in Athens
		Sacrifice to The Heroines at Attic deme of Erchia
		Sacrifice to Kourotrophos, Hera, Zeus Teleius and Poseidon at Erchia
		Sacrifice to Kourotrophos, Athene Polias, Aglaurus, Zeus Polieus, Poseidon and possibly Pandrosos at Erchia
	www.numachi.com /%7Eccount/hmepa/Notes.html (1101 words)

	MysticWicks Online Pagan Community and Pagan Forums - Great Hecate!
		Watch over my sister and her family at this time.
		April 19th, 2003 01:54 PM Kourotrophos, Propolos, Apotropaios!
		September 13th, 2003 07:04 PM Here I am again.
	www.mysticwicks.com /printthread.php?t=26449 (144 words)

	ekathimerini.com \| Six themes at an exhibition: Greek works travel to China
		Six themes at an exhibition: Greek works travel to China
		This clay figurine of a kourotrophos (youth- nurturer) from Mycenae, dating to the 14th century BC, will travel together with other ancient artifacts (120 in total) to Beijing as part of Olympics-related events.
		One-hundred-and-twenty ancient artifacts, most of them from warehouses in 37 museums round the country, will travel to China for the exhibition “Ancient Greece: Mortals and Immortals,” organized by the Ministry of Culture at China’s national museum as part of events for the Olympic Games in August.
	www.ekathimerini.com /4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=38528 (481 words)

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