Leto

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Leto is a Titaness in Greek mythology best known as the mother of the twin Olympian deities Apollo and Artemis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Titaness
deity in Greek mythology
appearsIn Homeric Hymns
Homer's Iliad
surface form: The Iliad

Homer's Odyssey
surface form: The Odyssey

Hesiod's Theogony
surface form: Theogony
associatedWith Delian cult of Apollo
demureness
modesty
motherhood
authorMentionedBy Callimachus
Hesiod
Homer
birthPlaceOfChildren Delos
childOf Coeus
Phoebe
childrenPunishForHer Niobe
cultTitle Eileithyia
surface form: Leto Phytia (in some locales)
culture Ancient Greek religion
epithet Artemis
surface form: Chryselakatos (through association with Artemis)

Kourotrophos
gender female
grandparentOf Asclepius
Orpheus
surface form: Orpheus (in some traditions via Calliope and Apollo)
GreekName Λητώ
hasSanctuary Letoon
knownFor giving birth to Apollo and Artemis
languageOfName Ancient Greek
LetoonLocation Lycia
motherOf Apollo
Artemis
mythology Greek mythology
pantheon Titan generation
parentOf Apollo
Artemis
persecutedBy Hera
protectedBy Poseidon
surface form: Poseidon (in some versions)
punishes Niobe
resistedBy Python
RomanEquivalent Eileithyia
surface form: Latona
sacredIsland Delos
siblingOf Asteria
spouseOrConsort Zeus
symbol olive tree
palm tree
veil
worshippedAt Asia Minor
Delos
Lycia

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zeus consort Leto
Claros hasDeity Leto
Lycia hasDeity Leto
Delos hasSanctuaryOf Leto
Artemis mother Leto
Apollo parent Leto
Coeus parentOf Leto
Delos sacredTo Leto