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The first to speak of Leto's children being twins is a slightly later poet, Pindar. [32] The two earliest poets, Homer and Hesiod, confirm Artemis and Apollo's status as full siblings born to Leto by Zeus, but neither explicitly makes them twins. [33] Leto holding Apollo, by Lazar Widmann
Leto copulated with Zeus (the son of fellow Titans Cronus and Rhea) and bore Artemis and Apollo. Asteria became the mother of Hecate by Perses (son of fellow Titan Crius and half-sister Eurybia). Along with the other Titans, Coeus was overthrown by Zeus and the other Olympians in the Titanomachy.
Phoebe is a Titaness, one of the twelve (or thirteen) divine children born to Uranus and Gaia . Phoebe's consort was her brother Coeus , with whom she had two daughters, first Leto , who bore Apollo and Artemis , and then Asteria , a star goddess who bore an only daughter, Hecate . [ 7 ]
Leto on the run with Artemis and Apollo, Roman statue circa 350–400 CE. Various conflicting accounts are given in Greek mythology regarding the birth of Artemis and Apollo, her twin brother. In terms of parentage, though, all accounts agree that she was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and that she was the twin sister of Apollo.
The daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Her symbols include the Moon, horse, deer, hound, she-bear, snake, cypress tree, and bow and arrow. Ares: Mars: God of war, violence, bloodshed and manly virtues. The son of Zeus and Hera, all the other gods despised him except Aphrodite. His Latin name, Mars, gave us the word "martial".
Apollo and Artemis - God and goddess, children of Zeus and Leto; Hypnos and Thanatos - Sons of Nyx; Despoina and Arion - Goddess and immortal horse, children of Demeter and Poseidon. Palici - Sicilian chthonic deities in Greek mythology and Roman mythology. Phaethusa and Lampetia - Daughters of Helios and Neaera. One divine, one mortal
Asteria pursued by Zeus in the form of an eagle by Marco Liberi. Asteria was an inhabitant of Olympus following the Titanomachy in which the Olympians prevailed over the Titans, and like her sister Leto before her she was beloved by Zeus. [12] After Zeus had impregnated Leto, his attention was next captured by her sister Asteria. [13]
In one story, the Pleiades, along with their half sisters the Hyades, were virgin companions to Artemis. [3] Artemis was the twin of Apollo and daughter of Leto and Zeus, and a protector of both hunters and wild animals.