Leto

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**Leto**, also known as **Latona** by the Romans, was a legendary goddess and the mother of Apollo, the god of music, and Artemis, the goddess of the hunt.

## Biography

### Early life

Leto was born on the island of Kos to the Titans Phoebe and Coeus. At some point, Leto caught the eye of her cousin, the Greek god Zeus, and the two had a brief but intense affair which left her pregnant.

However, when the goddess Hera, the sister and wife of Zeus, discovered that Leto was pregnant and that Zeus was the father, she realized that the offspring would cement the new order. While the pregnancy started before the marriage, Hera was still jealous of Leto. For the duration of Leto's pregnancy, Hera created problems. She pushed Leto out of Olympus and banned Leto from giving birth on "terra firma", the mainland, any island at sea, or any place under the sun. As Leto wandered on the earth, no person would let her stay in their home for fear of reprisal from Hera. On top of that, Hera had the dragon Python chase her. Zeus saved her by sending Boreas, to carry her out to sea. Finally, the desolate, rocky island of Delos, which had nothing to lose, accepted her. The other goddesses gathered there to help Leto during the labour. Hera stayed away and managed to detain Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth, but Iris eventually succeeded in bringing her to the island. Leto first gave birth to Artemis, and after another nine days of labour, to Apollo. Still fleeing Hera's wrath, she went to Lycia. The peasants tried to prevent her from drinking from their well, so she turned them into frogs.

Although Leto's problems continued for a little more, she now had two fast growing children, both of whom became powerful archers, to protect her. Only four years old, Apollo managed to kill Python. Then, the giant Tityus tried to rape Leto, but was killed by the children. As the mother of two powerful gods, Leto returned to Zeus's favour despite Hera's disapproval. After Apollo and Artemis killed the Cyclopes, however, Hera petitioned that the children be executed for their crimes. Leto was able to persuade Zeus to lighten his punishment, and Hera had the twins turned into clay instead. To spare Leto pain, her mother, Phoebe, erased Leto's memories of her children.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

**Titan Physiology** :

**Superhuman Strength**: Leto possessed superhuman strength, many times greater than that of a normal human being. She may very well have been the strongest woman on Earth at her peak, as her strength levels were in the same class as Superman. She could bend steel pipes in her bare hands, or lift heavy machinery with little to no effort. Leto could also use her powerful leg muscles to propel herself through the air, leaping over high obstacles such as walls or fences.
**Superhuman Durability**: Leto had an extraordinary resistance to blunt force trauma, capable of shrugging off punches from beings such as Superman and Captain Marvel. However, Diana's skin was not totally invulnerable and could be pierced by sharp projectiles with sufficient force distributed over a small surface area such as bullets.
**Healing Factor**: Leto was constantly renewing herself, allowing her to quickly heal. In cases where she was gravely injured or poisoned, Diana showed the ability to physically merge with the earth, causing whatever injuries or poisons to be expelled from her body as it regained shape.
**Superhuman Longevity/Virtual Immortality**: Like the rest of her people, Leto aged at a much slower rate than humans. So long as Wonder Woman remained on Paradise Island and drank from the Fountain of Eternal Youth, she was virtually immortal. Whenever she left the island and went without the drink, Diana's body began to age at a much faster rate, though far less than a human. Upon returning to the island however, her aging was once again halted. Even still, it was nigh impossible for her to die from old age.
**Superhuman Stamina**:
**Flight**: Diana could glide in air currents.
**Superhuman Speed**: Diana also possessed incredible speed and reflexes. On the ground, Diana was easily fast enough to deflect bullets with her silver gauntlets.
**Superhuman Reflexes**:

### Abilities

* **Master Combatant**:

* **Enhanced Intellect:** Diana possessed great wisdom and intelligence. She was considered among the smartest and wisest members of the Justice Society.

* **Multilingualism**: Diana spoke several languages, such as English, Greek, Nahuatl, Norse and Russian.

* **Animal Empathy**: Wonder Woman used this ability on guard dogs or creatures that were involved in the schemes she was up against. She would befriend the animals and calm them down or tell them to do something that would help her.