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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. Other sources say that Artemis spared one of the girls (Chloris, usually). Amphion, at the sight of his dead sons ...
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.
Apollo kills Coronis, 1590 engraving by Hendrick Goltzius. According to a different version, Coronis gave birth to her son in Apollo's temple in the presence of the Moirai. Lachesis acted as the midwife. Apollo named their son Asclepius after his mother's alias, Aegle. [8]
15 lis 2019 · Leto is the daughter of the Titans Coeus (Intelligence) and Phoebe (Moon). 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.
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.
7 gru 2022 · After Zeus struck down Apollo’s son Asclepius with a lightning bolt, Apollo, in a fit of rage, killed the Cyclopes who had fashioned the lightning. Zeus wanted to cast Apollo into Tartarus for this crime, but Leto convinced him to be merciful.
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.
