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//- meta
	slug: "hymns/leto"
	lang: en
	title: "Orphic Hymn to Leto"
	pageCreated: "2026-04-29"

extends ../../../views/hymns/hymnsheet.pug

block navbar
	ul
		li.nav-arrow.nav-arrow-left: a(href="/hymns/apollon") #[span.dingbat ☙] #[b(lang="grc") Απολλωνος] #[i To Apollo]
		li.nav-current ΛΕʹ · XXXV
		li.nav-arrow.nav-arrow-right: a(href="/hymns/artemis") #[i To Artemis] #[b(lang="grc") Αρτεμιδος] #[span.dingbat ❧]

block ancient-pic
	img(src="/hymns/thumbnails/leto-ancient.jpg" alt="Ancient pottery of Leto")

block modern-pic
	img(src="/hymns/thumbnails/leto-modern.jpg" alt="Modern painting of Leto")

block greek
	h1 Λητοῦς
	div.offering Θυμίαμα σμύρναν
	p.hymn-greek
		:format-hymn
			Λητὼ κυανόπεπλε, Θεὰ διδυματόκε, σεμνή,
			Κοιαντίς, μεγάθυμε, πολυλλίστη βασίλεια,
			εὔτεκνον Ζηνὸς γονίμην ὠδῖνα λαχοῦσα,
			γειναμένη Φοῖβόν τε καὶ Ἄρτεμιν ἰοχέαιραν,
			τὴν μὲν ἐν Ὀρτυγίῃ, τὸν δὲ κραναῇ ἐνὶ Δήλῳ·
			κλῦθι, Θεὰ δέσποινα, καὶ ἵλαον ἦτορ ἔχουσα
			βαῖν’ ἐπὶ πάνθειον τελετὴν, τέλος ἡδὺ φέρουσα.

block english
	h1 To Leto
	div.offering The fumigation from myrrh
	p.hymn-english Dark-veil’d  #[span.theonym(greek="Leto") Latona], much invoked queen,#[br]twin-bearing Goddess, of a noble mien;#[br]Cœantis great, a mighty mind is Thine,#[br]offspring prolific, blest of #[span.theonym(greek="Zeus") Jove] divine:#[br]#[span.theonym(greek="Phœbos") Phœbus] proceeds from Thee, the God of light,#[br]and #[span.theonym(greek="Artemis") Dian] fair, whom winged darts delight;#[br]She in Ortygia's honor'd regions born,#[br]in Delos He, which mountains high adorn.#[br]Hear me, O Goddess, with propitious mind,#[br]and end these holy rites, with aspect kind.