Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) Leto, Latin Latona, in classical mythology, a Titan, the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, and mother of the god Apollo and the goddess Artemis. Then the goddess through the love of the god conceived and brought forth dark-gowned Leto, always mild, kind to men and to the deathless gods, mild from the beginning, gentlest in all Olympos. She is the mother, with Zeus, of the twin deities Apollo and Artemis. Leto is the daughter of the Titans Coeus (Intelligence) and Phoebe (Moon). Hesiod, Theogony 404 ff (trans. Therefore, Zeus turned his eyes to Leto and managed to embrace her. The king of the Olympian gods had changed himself and Leto into quails before they coupled. Also she bare Asteria of happy name, whom Perses once led to his great h… She is the mother of Apollo and Artemis. The chief places of her legend were Delos and Delphi. The Titaness, in order to escape the wrath of Zeus’ wife Hera, had been forced to travel far and wide acro… Leto was a member of the second generation of Titanesses, the daughter of Coeus and Pheobe. Afterwards, she was relentlessly pursued by Zeus' jealous wife Hera who wanted to prevent the goddess giving birth to illegitimate children. Zeus had originally sought Leto’s sister, Asteria. As hinted above, Leto got pregnant by Zeus after the king of the gods was rejected by her sister Asteria who, according to Apollodorus and Callimachus' hymn to Delos(Asteria), threw herself into the sea to escape his embraces. Leto, pregnant by Zeus, sought a place of refuge to be delivered. :\"[Titanis] Phoibe (Phoebe) came to the desired embrace of [the Titan] Koios (Coeus). Leto gave birth to her offspring on the island of Delos, hence its important sanctuary to Apollo. Accor… In Greek mythology, Leto is the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, the sister of Asteria. Like many goddesses, her beauty attracted the attention of the king of the gods.