god
Leto
also: Λάτω, Λατώ, Λατοῦς
Mother of Apollo and Artemis; in fr. 142 the dear companion of Niobe before the most famous rupture in myth, and in the Arista epigram the mother of the goddess addressed.
Reading notes
- Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §142 Leto
Mother of Apollo and Artemis. Her friendship with Niobe ended in the most famous rupture in myth — Niobe boasted of her children, and Leto's two killed all of Niobe's — which is the dark edge under this line about dear companions.