Hilaira
Role: mythological woman · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 22
In Book 2, Chapter 22, Hilaira is named as the mother of Anaxis, whose statue is described alongside those of his brother Mnasinous and their mothers Hilaira and Phœbe; the statues were made by Dipœnus and Scyllis. In Book 3, Chapter 16, the writer of the Cyprian poems is cited as saying that Hilaira and Phœbe were daughters of Apollo. In Book 4, Chapter 31, Hilaira appears among the figures in paintings by Omphalion.
Relationship record
Book 2 · Chapter 22
- parent: Anaxis “And there are statues of them and their sons, Anaxis and Mnasinous, and with them their mothers Hilaira and Phœbe”
- with Dipœnus (Dipœnus made a statue depicting Hilaira.) “there are statues of them and their sons, Anaxis and Mnasinous, and with them their mothers Hilaira and Phœbe, in black ebony wood, by Dipœnus and Scyllis”
- with Scyllis (Scyllis made a statue depicting Hilaira.) “there are statues of them and their sons, Anaxis and Mnasinous, and with them their mothers Hilaira and Phœbe, in black ebony wood, by Dipœnus and Scyllis”
Book 3 · Chapter 16
- parent: Apollo “who the writer of the Cyprian poems says were the daughters of Apollo.”
Book 4 · Chapter 31
- with Omphalion (Omphalion executed the paintings; Hilaira was one of the depicted figures.) “There are paintings also of Leucippus the brother of Aphareus, and of Hilaira, Phœbe, and Arsinoe.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.