Compare and Contrast: Leto and Latona. With Bibliography and Citations.

The Greek goddess Leto was indeed transformed as the Romans adapted her to "Latona". Although she kept her general characterization, some personifications are different in her Roman equivalent. Through myth, the duties and purposes she was responsible for, the symbols that represented her, etymology, and through genealogy, the two civilizations that worshipped her molded her into a supreme deity. In the modern age, her spirit, of both Greek and Roman origin, lives unconsciously in the …

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