Talk:Leto

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The following substitution seems to reveal television-mediated familiarity with the myth at third hand: "She is described as a horrifying three headed monster who magically transforms herself into a lovely maiden so that Zeus would fall in love with her. Zeus becomes the father of her twins, Apollo and Artemis. Leto is driven off by Hera, the wife of Zeus, and in so doing is revealed to Zeus in her true form." Or is such a monstruous travesty of Leto perhaps a creation of anime? Not my area... --Wetman 21:00, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

It could be just me but I think this page is really poorly written and ambiguous and should be flagged for review. Many of the sentences lack verbs, and seem to be written by an ESL student.

[edit] Why Frederick Hohenstaufen?

Why the section on the birth of Frederick Hohenstaufen? This is a really unnecessary digression! (anon.)

To show the dynastic point of the attendants at the birth of Apollo.--Wetman 00:18, 22 October 2006 (UTC

[edit] Etymology

I commented out for now two unlikely Arabic and Greek "etymologies". Leto's early cult was in Lycia. The Lycian (not "Lydian") etymology still in the text comes from a website, however, and needs to be checked against A Dictionary of the Lycian Language by H. Craig Melchert (Beech Stave Press, Ann Arbor/New York) 2004. Has an etymology for Leto been discussed recently in print? --Wetman 13:54, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

It says in the text that the meaning of the name is disputed. What is the dispute about? Are there any articles/posts you could direct me to? - Kylewriter 02:02, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citation about the birth

I found the exact text on this website: http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Leto.html Beginning with "When Hera"

-Q

Q427skh 02:55, 16 October 2007 (UTC)