DIANA, [g] (luminous or
perfect), a
celebrated goddess in the Greek mytho-
logy, worshipped especially at Ephesus,
Acts 19:27-35. Diana was reckoned
one of the twelve superior deities;
and
said to be the daughter of Jupiter and
Latona, and twin-sister with Apollo.
She was called also Hebe, Hecate, and
Trivia, and worshipped by many of the
Jews in the times of Isaiah, and Jere-
miah, as the moon or the queen of
heaven, Jer. 7:18; 11:13; 44:17, 18.