Leto

Family: gods · Role: goddess · First appears: Book II 6

Book II 6

child: Apollo (The appearing god, the son of Leto, is identified as Apollo.) “And to them the son of Leto, as he passed from Lycia far away to the countless folk of the Hyperboreans, appeared; and about his cheeks on both sides his golden locks flowed in clusters as he moved; in his left hand he held a silver bow, and on his back was slung a quiver hanging from his shoulders; and beneath his feet all the island quaked, and the waves surged high on the beach. Helpless amazement seized them as they looked; and no one dared to gaze face to face into the fair eyes of the god. And they stood with heads bowed to the ground; but he, far off, passed on to the sea through the air; and at length Orpheus spake as follows, addressing the chiefs: “Come, let us call this island the sacred isle of Apollo of the Dawn”
parent: Coeus “And none but Leto, daughter of Coeus, strokes them with her dear hands.”

child: Artemis “that they should give her in ward to Leto’s daughter apart from the throng”

child: Apollo “And quickly, O son of Leto, swift to hear, didst thou come down from heaven to the Melantian rocks, which lie there in the sea.”

Extracted from the original text of The Argonautica. Made with Rho MD.