Apollo
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Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek religion and mythology. His numerous functions include healing, prophecy, music, poetry, and archery. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twi
Apollo Belvedere, a 2nd-century CE Roman copy of a Greek original from c. 330 BCE
Apollo, fresco from Pompeii, 1st century AD
Statue of Apollo Sauroctonus attributed to Praxiteles c. 340 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art
Chryselephantine statue of Apollo in Delphi, mid-6th century B.C.
Leto
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In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Leto is the mother of Apollo and Artemis. She is the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, and the sister of Asteria.
The Rape of Leto by Tityos (c. 515 BC): Apollo (left), tries to grasp Tityos, Leto (middle) pushes him and Artemis (right), ready to stop him. Attic red-figure amphora from Vulci. c. 510–520 BCE, by Phintias Painter. Louvre, Paris
Relief from the 2nd century, staging the marriage of Zeus and Leto, Hierapolis Museum.
Leto with Zeus and their children, 420-410 BC, marble, Archaeological Museum of Brauron.
Leto with her children, by William Henry Rinehart