Latona in Greek mythology, was the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe, therefore a Titanide. Being loved by Jupiter, she reaped the hatred of Juno. The latter took an oath from the earth not to grant Latona a place, and persecuted her by the frightful dragon Python. Everywhere the earth refused to receive her. At last an island, Delos, arose from the sea, which had not existed when Juno exacted the oath, where Diana, hardly born, assisted her mother in the birth of her twin brother Apollo. Being one of the oldest goddesses, she was everywhere highly worshipped. Apollo and Diana would not forgive the smallest insult to their mother, as is fully shown by the fate of Niobe, with whom she had stood on intimate friendship. Herodotus relates that she was also worshipped in Egypt.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More