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After his birth, four days old Apollo killed the serpent with the bow and arrows gifted to him by Hephaestus and avenged the trouble given to his mother. The god then put the bones of the slain monster in a cauldron and deposited it in his temple.
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 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.
11 cze 2024 · Hera. Although Hera was not Apollo’s mother, her actions greatly influenced his legend. As Zeus’s wife, Hera is furious about her husband’s infidelity with Leto and bans the earth from offering Leto a place to rest, forcing her to wander in search of a safe haven to give birth.
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.
4 paź 2024 · Apollo, in Greco-Roman mythology, a deity of manifold function and meaning, one of the most widely revered and influential of all the ancient Greek and Roman gods. The son of Zeus and Leto, he was the god of crops and herds and the primary deity of the Delphic oracle.
25 lip 2019 · His mother, fearful of revenge from Zeus' wife Hera, had chosen barren Delos as the safest retreat she could find. At his first taste of ambrosia, he was said to have immediately transformed from babe to man. Apollo was then given his bow, made by the master craftsman of Mount Olympus, Hephaestus.
