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{{Short description|Water deity, daughter of Cephisos}}
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{{Greek deities (nymphs)}}In [[Greek mythology]], '''Lilaea''' or '''Lilaia''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Λίλαια) may refer to two different women:

* Lilaea, a [[Naiads|Naiad]] of a spring of the same name. She was the daughter of the [[River gods (Greek mythology)|river god]] [[Cephissus (mythology)|Cephissus]].<ref>''[[Homeric Hymn]] 3 to Pythian'' ''[[Apollo]]'' 239; [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 10.32.4</ref> The ancient ''[[polis]]'' of [[Lilaea (ancient city)|Lilaea]], and the modern village of [[Lilaia (village)|Lilaia]] in [[Phocis (ancient region)|Phocis]], and the asteroid [[213 Lilaea]] are named after her.
* Lilaia, a [[maenad]] named in a vase painting.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Walters|first=Henry Beauchamp|url=|title=History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman: Based on the Work of Samuel Birch|year=1905|volume=2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofancient02walt/page/66/mode/2up/ 66]}}</ref>

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== References ==

* ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0138%3Ahymn%3D2 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0137 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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