See also:

• LATONA (tat. form of Gr. Arlrw, Leto)

LATONA (tat. See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Gr. Arlrw, Leto)  , daughter of Coeus and See also:

• PHOEBE

Phoebe, See also:

• MOTHER

mother of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo and See also:

• ARTEMIS

Artemis . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seats of her See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend are See also:

• DELOS

Delos and See also:

• DELPHI (the Pytho of Homer and Herodotus; in Boeotian inscriptions BeA4oi, on coins Aa)tg5oi)

Delphi, and the generally accepted tradition is a See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the legends of these two places . Leto, pregnant by See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus, seeks for a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• REFUGE

refuge to be delivered . After See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long wandering she reaches the barren isle of Delos, which, according to See also:

• PINDAR (Gr. HivSapos, c. 522–443 B.c.)

Pindar (See also:

• CRAG (a Celtic word, cf. Gael. creag, Manx creg, and Welsh and modern Scots craig)

crag . 87, 88), was a wandering See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne about by the waves till it was fixed to the bottom of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea for the See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth of Apollo and Artemis . In the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest forms of the legend See also:

• HERA

Hera is not mentioned; but afterwards the wanderings of Leto are ascribed to the See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of that goddess, enraged at her amour with Zeus . The See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of Delphi follows immediately on the birth of the See also:

• GOD

god; and on the sacred way between See also:

• TEMPE, VALE QF

Tempe and Delphi the See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant Tityus offers violence to Leto, and is immediately slain by the arrows of Apollo and Artemis (Odyssey, xi . 576-581; See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus i . 4) . Such are the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main facts. of the Leto legend in its See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, which is due especially to the two Homeric See also:

• HYMNS

hymns to Apollo . But Leto is a real goddess, not a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere mythological figure . The See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour paid to her in Delphi and Delos might be explained as See also:

• PART

part of the cult of her son Apollo; but temples to her existed in See also:

• ARGOS

Argos, in See also:

• MANTINEIA, or MANTINEA

Mantineia and in See also:

• XANTHUS (mod. Gunuk)

Xanthus in See also:

• LYCIA

Lycia; her sacred See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

grove was on the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete .

In Lycia See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

graves are frequently placed under her See also:

• PROTECTION

protection, and she is also known as a goddess of fertility and as icovparp4os . It is to be observed that she appears far more conspicuously in the Apolline myths than in those which See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• GREAT

great centres of Artemis See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship, the See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason being that the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of Apollo and Artemis as twins is one of later growth on See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• SOIL

soil . Lycia, one of the chief seats of the cult of Apollo, where most frequent traces are found of the worship of Leto as the great goddess, was probably the earlier See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of her See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . In Greek See also:

• ART

art Leto usually appears carrying her See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children in her arms, pursued by the See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon sent by the jealous Hera, which is slain by the See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant Apollo; in See also:

• VASE
• VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)

vase paintings especially she is often represented with Apollo and Artemis . The statue of Leto in the Letoon at Argos was the See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• PRAXITELES

Praxiteles .