\b0 Called Latona by the Romans, she was the Titaness who bore \b \cf4 \ATXht9 Apollo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht13 Artemis\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 to \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . The goddess \b \cf4 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 began to torment her even before she had given birth, forbidding any land to receive her at the moment of delivery. Wandering from place
to place, Leto came at last to \b \cf4 \ATXht10403 Delos\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , which at that time was a floating island called Ortygia that \b \cf4 \ATXht5 Poseidon\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 had raised from the depths of the sea for the occasion, and there gave birt
h to the divine twins. Zeus' wife did not renounce her vengeance and sent the giant \b \cf4 \ATXht12015 Tityus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 to rape her, but he was killed by the arrows of Apollo and Artemis. Tired of so much persecution, Leto was unable to bear the
scorn and pride of \b \cf4 \ATXht11408 Niobe\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and asked her children to avenge her.