E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Lato’na.
Mother of Apollo and Diana. When she knelt by a fountain in Delos (infants in arms) to quench her thirst at a small lake, some Lycian clowns insulted her and were turned into frogs.
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“As when those hinds that were transformed to frogs
