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=== Mainland Greece === [[File:Statue_of_Leto,_from_the_Roman_theatre,_end_of_2nd_century_AD,_Hierapolis_Archaeological_Museum,_Turkey_(17076417008).jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|Statue of Leto from the Roman theatre, 2nd century AD, Hierapolis Archaeological Museum, Turkey.]] Leto also had a temple in [[Attica]]<ref>Simonides frag 13, from [[Plutarch]], ''On the Malice of Herodotus'' [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0352%3Asection%3D39 870f]</ref> as well as an altar, along with her children Apollo and Artemis in the village [[Zoster (Attica)|Zoster]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+1.31.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 1.31.1]</ref> [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] also described statues of Leto and her twins in Megara.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+1.44.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 1.44.2]</ref> Leto was worshipped in [[Boeotia]] in her children's temples.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+9.20.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 9.20.1]</ref><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+9.22.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 9.22.1]</ref> In [[Phocis]], she was revered in [[Delphi]], sacred to her son Apollo.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+10.19.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 10.19.4]</ref><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+10.35.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 10.35.4]</ref> She also had a temple in [[Cirrha]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+10.37.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 10.37.8]</ref> In [[Argolis]], Leto had a sanctuary with statues made by [[Praxiteles]] in [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]],<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D21%3Asection%3D8 2.21.8]</ref> and images of her were also found on the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, near Argos.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D24%3Asection%3D5 2.24.5]</ref> Leto had a sanctuary near [[Lete (Mygdonia)|Lete]], [[Greek Macedonia|Macedonia]]. According to [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], [[Theagenes (historian)|Theagenes]] in his ''Macedonica'' stated that the town had been named after the goddess.<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]], ''Ethnika'' s. v. [https://topostext.org/work/241#L413.19 Lete]; Malama et al., p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5MRlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT9 9, note 3]</ref> Leto was also revered in [[Sparta]] and the rest of [[Laconia]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+3.11.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 3.11.9]</ref><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+3.20.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 3.20.5]</ref> Leto also had a sanctuary in [[Mantineia]], [[Arcadia (region)|Arcadia]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Paus.+8.9.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 8.9.1]</ref>
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