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According to the oldest sources, Leto gave birth on the island of Delos clinging to a palm tree. This detail of the myth was so important that the Athenians tried to change it in order to link the birth of one of the most powerful gods, Apollo, to their own polis.
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This page is a summary of: Olivier ou palmier ?, Mnemosyne, July 2023, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/1568525x-bja10173.
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