Leto

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Λητώ, -οῦς, ἡ.

of Leto, adj.: Λητῷος.

Wikipedia EL

Στην ελληνική μυθολογία, η Λητώ (ή Λατώ στη δωρική διάλεκτο) είναι κόρη των Τιτάνων Κοίου και Φοίβης. Από τον Δία γέννησε τον Απόλλωνα και την Άρτεμη. Στη ρωμαϊκή μυθολογία, η αντίστοιχη θεότητα της Λητούς είναι η Λατόνα.

Η Λητώ ήταν η κύρια θεότητα στην Ανατολική Λυκία, ενώ την καταγωγή της διεκδικούσαν και οι κάτοικοι της Κω. Το ιερό της, το Λητώον, ένωνε τις πόλεις-κράτη της Λυκίας μεταξύ τους. Λατρευόταν με τα επίθετα Κοιογένεια, Φυστίη και Εκδυσία.

Wikipedia EN

In Greek mythology, Leto /ˈliːtoʊ/ (Greek: Λητώ Lētṓ; Λατώ, Lātṓ in Doric Greek) is the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, the sister of Asteria. She is the mother of Apollo and Artemis.

The island of Kos is claimed to be her birthplace. However, Diodorus, in 2.47 states clearly that Leto was born in Hyperborea and not in Kos. In the Olympian scheme, Zeus is the father of her twins, Apollo and Artemis, which Leto conceived after her hidden beauty accidentally caught the eye of Zeus. Classical Greek myths record little about Leto other than her pregnancy and search for a place where she could give birth to Apollo and Artemis, since Hera in her jealousy caused all lands to shun her. She eventually found an island that was not attached to the ocean floor, therefore it was not considered land and she could give birth. This is her only active mythic role: once Apollo and Artemis are grown, Leto withdraws, to remain a dim and benevolent matronly figure upon Olympus, her part already played. In Roman mythology, Leto's Roman equivalent is Latona, a Latinization of her name, influenced by Etruscan Letun.

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