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''Opera: The Works of Horace: the Odes on the Basis of Anthon: the Satires and Epistles by McCaul''
Edited by George B. Wheeler (Dublin: Cumming & Ferguson, 1846) *Martial, ''Selected Epigrams of Martial''. Edited by Edwin Post (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1908) *Purcell, N.
Places: 432925 (Marica)
''Pleiades''. Retrieved July 6, 2020. *Rose, H. J., ''A Handbook of Greek Literature'' (London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1959) * "Marica", William Smith (ed.), ''A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography'' (New York: Harper & Bros., 1878) Characters in Roman mythology Nymphs {{AncientRome-myth-stub
In Roman mythology
Roman mythology is the body of myths of ancient Rome as represented in the literature and visual arts of the Romans. One of a wide variety of genres of Roman folklore, ''Roman mythology'' may also refer to the modern study of these representat ...
, Marica was a nymph
A nymph ( grc, νύμφη, nýmphē, el, script=Latn, nímfi, label=Modern Greek; , ) in ancient Greek folklore is a minor female nature deity. Different from Greek goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as personifications of nature, are ty ...
, the mother of Latinus
Latinus ( la, Latinus; Ancient Greek: Λατῖνος, ''Latînos'', or Λατεῖνος, ''Lateînos'') was a figure in both Greek and Roman mythology. He is often associated with the heroes of the Trojan War, namely Odysseus and Aeneas. Alth ...
. Latinus was fathered by Faunus
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Faunus was the rustic god of the forest, plains and fields; when he made cattle fertile he was called Inuus. He came to be equated in literature with the Greek god Pan, after which Romans depicted him as a ...
, who was also occasionally referred to as the son of Marica. The sacred forest near Minturnae
Minturno is a city and ''comune'' in the southern Lazio, Italy, situated on the north west bank of the Garigliano (known in antiquity as the Liris), with a suburb on the opposite bank about from its mouth, at the point where the Via Appia cross ...
was dedicated to Marica. A lake nearby was also named after her. Various Roman authors claims that she was a form of Diana or Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never fa ...
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See also
*Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: t ...
, ''Aeneid
The ''Aeneid'' ( ; la, Aenē̆is or ) is a Latin Epic poetry, epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Troy, Trojan who fled the Trojan_War#Sack_of_Troy, fall of Troy and travelled to ...
'', VII. 47.
* Livy
Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Ancient Rome, Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditiona ...
, XXVII. 37, 2.
* Martial
Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Rome between AD 86 and ...
, X. 25.References
Bibliography
*Horace''Opera: The Works of Horace: the Odes on the Basis of Anthon: the Satires and Epistles by McCaul''
Edited by George B. Wheeler (Dublin: Cumming & Ferguson, 1846) *Martial, ''Selected Epigrams of Martial''. Edited by Edwin Post (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1908) *Purcell, N.
Places: 432925 (Marica)
''Pleiades''. Retrieved July 6, 2020. *Rose, H. J., ''A Handbook of Greek Literature'' (London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1959) * "Marica", William Smith (ed.), ''A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography'' (New York: Harper & Bros., 1878) Characters in Roman mythology Nymphs {{AncientRome-myth-stub