Gaia
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In Greek mythology, Gaia, also spelled Gaea, is the personification of Earth. She is the mother of Uranus, with whom she conceived the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Giants, as well as of Pontus, from
Gaia pleading for her sons the Gigantes (Giants), detail of the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon museum, Berlin
Gaia hands her newborn, Erichthonius, to Athena as Hephaestus watches – an Attic red-figure stamnos, 470–460 BC
Gaia entrusts Erichthonios to Athena. From left to right: Hephaestus, Athena, Erichthonios, Gaia, Aphrodite. Said to come from the temple of Hephaestus in Athens. Pentelic marble. 100–150 AD. Louvre
Gaia mosaic, 2nd century AD, Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep
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