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[7] [a] Clearchus of Soli wrote that while Python was pursuing them, Leto stepped on a stone and, holding Apollo in her hands, cried ἵε παῖ (híe paî, meaning "shoot, child") to him, who was holding a bow and arrows. [10] Relief of Leto and her children running away from Python, 4th-3rd century BC, Michael C. Carlos Museum.
Pindar calls the goddess Leto Chryselakatos, [129] ... Python pursuing Leto and her children, engravings on wood from a vase. In ancient Greek and Roman art, ...
Articles related to the goddess Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis in Greek mythology. Pages in category "Leto" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
In Greek mythology Python was the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in the vase-paintings and by sculptors as a serpent. Various myths represented Python as being either male or female (a drakaina). Python was the chthonic enemy of Apollo, who slew it and remade its former home his own oracle, the most famous in Greece.
Leto: Goddess of motherhood and mother of the twin Olympians, Artemis and Apollo. Μενοίτιος (Menoítios) Menoetius: God of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality. Killed by Zeus. Μῆτις (Mē̂tis) Metis: Goddess of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness, and wisdom. Mother of Athena. Πάλλας (Pállas ...
According to Athenaeus, Python attacked Leto and her twins during their visit to Delphi. Taking Artemis into her arms, Leto climbed upon a rock and cried at Apollo to shoot the monster. The cry let out by her, "ιε, παῖ" ("Shoot, boy") later got slightly altered as "ἰὴ παιών" ( Hië paian ), an exclamation to avert evils. [ 184 ]
Latona transforms the Lycian peasants into frogs, Palazzo dei Musei ().. The Lycian peasants, also known as Latona and the Lycian peasants, is a short tale from Greek mythology centered around Leto (known to the Romans as Latona), the mother of the Olympian gods Artemis and Apollo, who was prohibited from drinking from a pond in Lycia by the people there.
Typhon mythology is part of the Greek succession myth, which explained how Zeus came to rule the gods. Typhon's story is also connected with that of Python (the serpent killed by Apollo), and both stories probably derived from several Near Eastern antecedents.