Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Today's video is back to basics with the birth story of two Olympians, Artemis and Apollo. Watch their mother, Leto, fight off the monstrous Python as she gives birth. I also took the liberty of throwing in a few other stories involving Leto like that story of Niobe and Tityo. Hope you enjoy and thanks for watching.

Chapters/Stories-
0:00 Apollo and Artemis birth story
3:03 Apollo hunts Python
3:38 Niobe
4:24 Tityo attacks Leto

My sources are here-
theoi.com/Titan/TitanisLeto.html
greekmythology.com/Myths/The_Myths/Zeus's_Lovers/Leto/leto.html
theoi.com/Ther/DrakainaPython.html
greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Niobe/niobe.html

Music from here-
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Intro music-
"Intrepid" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

"River of Io" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Intro made by Al Muqaddimah- youtube.com/c/AlMuqaddimah

Greek Mythology Family Tree by UsefulCharts- youtu.be/O7F16sC860s

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