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In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Leto (/ ˈliːtoʊ /; Ancient Greek: Λητώ, romanized:Lētṓpronounced [lɛːtɔ̌ː]) is a goddess and the mother of Apollo and Artemis. [ 1 ] She is the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, and the sister of Asteria. In the Olympian scheme, the king of gods Zeus is the father of her twins, [ 2 ...
A non-Greek origin of Apollo has long been assumed in scholarship. [12] The name of Apollo's mother Leto has Lydian origin, and she was worshipped on the coasts of Asia Minor. The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where some of the oldest oracular shrines originated.
Apollo and Artemis kill with their arrows the children of Niobe because she offended her mother Leto. [122] [31] [123] In the European and Greek popular religion the arrow-shots from invisible beings can bring diseases and death. Left to right: Artemis, Apollo with his lyre, Leto and Ares. Attic amphora c. 510 BCE, by Psiax Painter.
Delos (/ ˈdiːlɒs /; Greek: Δήλος [ˈðilos]; Attic Greek: Δῆλος, Doric Greek: Δᾶλος), is a small Greek island near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. Though only 3.43 km 2 (1.32 sq mi) in area, it is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece. The ongoing ...
Phoebe is a Titaness, one of the twelve (or thirteen) divine children born to Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth). Phoebe's consort was her brother Coeus, with whom she had two daughters, first Leto, who bore Apollo and Artemis, and then Asteria, a star goddess who bore an only daughter, Hecate. [5] Hesiod in the Theogony describes Phoebe as ...
In Greek mythology, Asteria or Asterie (/ əˈstɪəriə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀστερία or Ἀστερίη, romanized: Astería, Asteríē, lit. 'of the stars, starry one') is a daughter of the Titans Coeus (Polus) and Phoebe and the sister of Leto. [1] According to Hesiod, by the Titan Perses she had a single child, a daughter named Hecate ...
This is dedicated to the very precious offerings found in an pit on the Sacred Way: the silver statue of a bull and the chryselephantine statues [4] (p 415) which are thought to represent the Apollonian triad, namely Apollo, Artemis and their mother, Leto. The room is reminiscent of a safe where visitors are let in to admire the precious objects.
However, at the request of Apollo's mother, Leto, Zeus instead ordered Apollo to serve as a slave to King Admetus of Pherae for a year. [270] According to Diodorus Siculus , Zeus killed Asclepius because of complains from Hades, who was worried that the number of people in the underworld was diminishing because of Asclepius's resurrections.