… bore twin children, Apollo and Artemis, who had a sanctuary in common at Troy (Il. v. 445-448). Apollo also had twins by the Cretan woman . —anothe… - Edward Allworthy Armstrong

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… bore twin children, Apollo and Artemis, who had a sanctuary in common at Troy (Il. v. 445-448). Apollo also had twins by the Cretan woman . —another form of Leto—laid two eggs after consorting with Jupiter. Out of one came , out of the other and Helena.

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(8 October 1900 – 19 December 1978) was a British , Church of England clergyman, and author of several books. He is noteworthy for his study of bird behaviour and his extensive study of the (for which he travelled to the , , and Iceland). In 1966 he received the .

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