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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.
Latona transforms the Lycian peasants into frogs, Palazzo dei Musei ().. The Lycian peasants, also known as Latona and the Lycian peasants, is a short tale from Greek mythology centered around Leto (known to the Romans as Latona), the mother of the Olympian gods Artemis and Apollo, who was prohibited from drinking from a pond in Lycia by the people there.
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 ...
His mother was (1) the muse Calliope, [45] (2) her sister Polymnia, [46] (3) a daughter of Pierus, [47] son of Makednos or (4) lastly of Menippe, daughter of Thamyris. [48] Pindar, however, seems to call Orpheus the son of Apollo in his Pythian Odes , [ 49 ] and a scholium on this passage adds that the mythographer Asclepiades of Tragilus ...
This is the god Apollo, sitting on a tripod, resting his legs on an Omphalos, near to which stands an eagle. The figure to his right is usually identified as Apollo's mother, Leto, or as his sister, Artemis. Some scholars identify Artemis as the third figure from the left, while others identify it as Hermes, Leto, Rhapso, or an unidentified youth.
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.
The abduction of Persephone, Demeter's attempt to recover her from the Underworld, and the origin of the cult of Demeter at Eleusis [157] 3 "To Apollo" [g] Apollo: 522 BCE [159] 546 The foundation of Apollo's sanctuaries at Delphi and Delos: Leto's search for a place for Apollo to be born, and Apollo's search for a place for his oracle [160] 4 ...