Leto
Leto is the mother of Apollo and Artemis. No further information about Leto is provided in this text.
↻ synthesized from 28 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Homer and Hesiod.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Theia, Crius, Britomartis, Otos, Ephialtes, Taygete, Alpheus, Arethusa, Phoebe, Dione, Ichnaea, Coeus, Perses, Boreas, Harmonia, Charis, Cephissus, Kourotrophos, Jove, Hypnos, Lycian peasants, Artemiche, Niobids, Amphion, Meliboea, Amyclas, Ortygius, scorpion, Orion, Tityos, Kallisto, Laphria, Atalanta, Artemis Orthia, Artemis Potnia Theron, Artemis Eucleia, Aglaea, Muses, Eunomia, Dike, Mnemosyne, Clotho, Lachesis, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Brontes, Eos, Euryphaessa, Hyperion, Diana, Sol, Apulu, Aphrodite, Hecate, Uranus, Amphitrite, Rhea, Iris, giant, Olympian gods, Cronus, Typhon, Hephaestus, Thetis, Hebe, Persephone, Lucina, Athena, Helios, Pallas, Hermes, Phaethon, Oceanus, Styx, Calypso, Hades, Asclepius, Upis, nymphs, Eileithyia, Hestia, Gaia, Themis, Demeter, Atropos, Eurynome, Metis, Eirene
- syncretized with
- Latona
- parent of
- Selene, Artemis (Diana), Apollo, Artemis, Apollo
- sibling of
- Asteria
- allied with
- Artemis (Diana), Apollo, Poseidon
- manifests as
- quail
- consort of
- Zeus
Mentioned by
- Eos
- Euryphaessa
- Hyperion
- Diana
- Sol
- Apulu
- Aphrodite
- Hecate
- Uranus
- Amphitrite
- Rhea
- Iris
- giant
- Olympian gods
- Cronus
- Typhon
and 32 more
Sources
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt.”
#16396 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“When the giant Tityos tried to rape Leto, she called out to her children, who were still young, for help. The twins were quick to respond by raining down their arrows on Tityos, killing him. For his actions against Leto, Tityos was banished to Tartarus”
#18614 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Phoebe's consort was her brother Coeus, with whom she had two daughters, first Leto, who bore Apollo and Artemis”
#18917 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“an Aeschylus fragment possibly has Selene as the daughter of Leto, as does a scholium on Euripides's play The Phoenician Women which adds Zeus as the father”
#19012 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In Greek mythology, Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis on this island, having been shunned by Zeus' wife Hera who was extremely jealous of his liaison with Leto.”
#19707 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5