. rtemis heal the wounded Aeneas inthe temple of Apollo in Troy, which implies atradition that the three deities were associatedin a temple there, and also seems to ascribe toher a share in the healing powers of ApolloPaeonius. (27. i. 36, v. 447, xx. 40, 72, xxi. 497 ;Od. xi. 318.) The stories of the offence givento her by Niobe and by Tityus are also alludedto, but both in what are considered later partsof the poems (II. xxiv. 607; Od. xi. 580). Her: fame and her story increased as the worship of! Apollo grew in importance through
. rtemis heal the wounded Aeneas inthe temple of Apollo in Troy, which implies atradition that the three deities were associatedin a temple there, and also seems to ascribe toher a share in the healing powers of ApolloPaeonius. (27. i. 36, v. 447, xx. 40, 72, xxi. 497 ;Od. xi. 318.) The stories of the offence givento her by Niobe and by Tityus are also alludedto, but both in what are considered later partsof the poems (II. xxiv. 607; Od. xi. 580). Her: fame and her story increased as the worship of! Apollo grew in importance through the Hellenic nation. The wanderings of the patient andgentle goddess persecuted during her pregnancyby Hera, who seems already to be the wife ofZeus, and all the scenes and associations of thebirth of the twin deities are dwelt upon by post-Homeric poets. All the world being afraid ofreceiving Leto on account of Hera, who hadsent the serpent Pytho to follow her, she wan-dered about till she came to Delos, which wasthen a floating island, and bore the name of. Leto (Latona;. (From a painted vase.) Asteria or Ortygia. When Leto arrived there,Zeus fastened it by adamantine chains to thebottom of the saa, that it might be a securaresting-place for his beloved, and here she gavebirth to Apollo and Artemis. The bed of Letowas by the Inopus, a small stream of Deloswhich Alexandrian traditions made an offshootfrom the Nile passing under the sea (Strab. ; Callim. Hymn. Del. 206), and near hersacred lake ; it was shadowed by a palm tree(cf. Od. vi. 152) and a laurel which sprang upfor her shelter, and all the land put forth flower-,in joy at the birth (Hymn, ad Ajtoll. Del. 119;Hdt. ii. 170; Eur. Hec. 459, Ion, 918, J. ; Callim. Hymn. Del. 260). Some addi-tions have grown partly out of the other the island, Ortygia (quail island): that Let.)took the form of a quail in order to reach theisland; or that her sister, Asteria, flying fromthe love of Zeus, was changed into a
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