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For her hubris, Apollo killed her sons as they practiced athletics, and Artemis killed her daughters. Apollo and Artemis used poisoned arrows to kill them, though according to some versions a number of the Niobids were spared.
15 lip 2020 · Apollo killed the sons of Niobe while Artemis slew the girls. According to some version of the story, Apollo and Artemis each left one child alive so Niobe had no more claim to superiority. When Amphion saw his dead children he swore vengeance on Leto.
7 gru 2022 · Leto was a maternal figure, known chiefly as the mother of Apollo and Artemis. The poet Hesiod described her as “always mild, kind to men and to the deathless gods, mild from the beginning, gentlest in all Olympus.”
Leto gave birth first to Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and animals. She was also a protectress of maidens and was able to help her mother give birth to Artemis's twin brother Apollo. Apollo was the god of light, music, prophecy, and healing.
11 cze 2024 · His birth was miraculous—rescued from his mother Coronis’s funeral pyre by Apollo himself. Asclepius’s abilities in medicine were unparalleled, and he was credited with countless healings and even the capability to restore the dead to life, which eventually led to his demise at the hands of Zeus.
15 lis 2019 · She is the mother, with Zeus, of the twin deities Apollo and Artemis. The king of the Olympian gods had changed himself and Leto into quails before they coupled. Leto gave birth to her offspring on the island of Delos, hence its important sanctuary to Apollo.
25 lip 2019 · According to legend, Apollo, wishing to reveal to humanity the intentions of his father Zeus, created the oracle on the site where he had killed the serpent (or dragon) Python. The Panhellenic Pythian games were begun at the site in order to commemorate the death of this divine creature.
