The First Mythological Description of an Incubator

Reading through greek mythology one can easily come across a series of references concerning the transportation of newly borns, from their birth place to other, to be nursed-bred, where the newborn remained until it was fully developed. a distinct example is that of zeus' transportation [1]. when rea was going to give birth to zeus, in order to save him from cronus' infanticide, he carried him to mount dikti where he was taken care by nurse amalthea, the nymphs adrastea and ida and melia nymphs (midwife and nurses). bearing in mind some of nowadays basic characteristics of the incubator, such as the existence of an air filter, a double inner wall and finally protection from air currents, we will come to realize the parallel between the knowledge of the ancient greeks and the recent outcomes. with the aim to exhibit the probable existence of the incubator in mythological times, there has been an indexing of the works of ancient authors who had been engaged with the theme