Guide to the Dorian City of Lato, Crete, Greece

Culture and Civilzation at Lato

• Government -
• Religion - The main deity worshipped at Lato and to whom the Civic Temple was dedicated was Eileithya (alt spellings Ilythia, Ilithia, Eilithia, Eilithya etc) the goddess of childbirth and child of Zeus and Hera
• Education -
• Marriage -
• Money - Like its rival, Olous, Lato had a modern monetary system. It minted its own coins each depicting the goddess Eileithya

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