Talasius is also known as Thalasius, Talassus and Talassio is a god of marriage in

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.Klaus-Dietrich Fabian: ''Talassio'', in: ''Der Kleine Pauly'', vol. 5, 1975, new edition Nördlingen 1979, , col. 501-502. His equivalent in

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. His name was called out during marriages. The name was derived from Thalasus, which means "wool-basket". Later accounts state that he is friend of

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, and that he played a role in

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* Catullus, 61, 134. * Livy. History of Rome i, 9.12. * Plurarch. Quaestiones Romanae, 31. Marriage deities Roman gods Mythological rapists Marriage in ancient Rome {{AncientRome-myth-stub