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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
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.
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".
Son of Zeus and Leto, twin of Artemis. Ares, god of war. Lover of Aphrodite. Driven from the field of battle by Diomedes (aided by Athena). Athena, goddess of crafts, domestic arts, strategic warfare, and wisdom. Daughter of Zeus. Eos, goddess of dawn. Hephaestus, god of blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and ...
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.
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 ]
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]
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.