Eileithyia (Eileithuia, Eleithyia, Eilethyia, Eleutho) is the goddess of childbirth in the classical Greek pantheon. She is closely associated with Hera and Artemis. She is sometimes shown with two torches and can be confused with Hecate but Hecate seems to have multiple arms when she carries two torches. Among the oldest literary references ...

Ares has appeared under the name Enyalios (assuming that Enyalios is not a separate god) and though the importance of Areias is unknown, it does resemble the name of the god of war. Eleuthia is associated with Eileithuia, the Homeric goddess of child-birth.

Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek

di-we — (Zeus) God name (dative) related to IE ‘1. dei-, dei̯ə-, dī-, di̯ā-‘,’to shine, glitter; day, sun; god, deity’ e-ra — Goddess name, (Ήρα — Hera) e-re-u-ti-ja — Goddess name (goddess of parturition ) (Εἰλείθυια — Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth and midwifery

Eileithyia was a popular pre-Hellenic goddess, in Crete during the Minoan and Mycenaean periods, where many of her shrines were found. Her cult existed as far back as the Middle Minoan period (2000-1700 BC).