Leto that it took Leto to travel from the Hyperboreoi to Delos. Most accounts agree that she found the barren floating island of Delos, still bearing its archaic name of Asterios, which was neither mainland nor a real island and gave birth there, promising the island wealth from the worshippers who would flock to the obscure birthplace of the splendid god who was to come. The island was surrounded by swans. As a gesture of gratitude, Delos was secured with four pillars and later became sacred to Apollo. Callimachus wrote that it is remarkable that Leto brought forth Artemis, the elder
Son of God (TV series) and New Zealand. "Son of God" was devised in 1999, and was produced and joint-sponsored by BBC Manchester and the Discovery Channel in association with France 3 and Jerusalem Productions. The show was directed by Jean-Claude Bragard—whose previous BBC work had included "Kicking & Screaming – A History of Football" and the documentary series "Panorama"—and the executive producer was Ruth Pitt, who had worked on documentaries such as "42 Up" and Channel 4's "The State of Marriage". During its promotion, Pitt described "Son of God" as "the most complete biography of Jesus that [had] ever been done". Jeremy Bowen, a