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A very obscure Roman goddess . Lua may have been originally regarded as the wife of Saturn , but her worship had declined by Classical times . Lucifer . The Roman name for the morning star . He was called EOSPHORUS by the Greeks .
A very obscure Roman goddess . Lua may have been originally regarded as the wife of Saturn , but her worship had declined by Classical times . Lucifer . The Roman name for the morning star . He was called EOSPHORUS by the Greeks .
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Tarpeia , whose father was the commander of the Roman citadel during the reign of Romulus , accepted a bribe from the ... election as king and cemented his strength by raising a hundred Romans friendly to his cause to senatorial rank .
Tarpeia , whose father was the commander of the Roman citadel during the reign of Romulus , accepted a bribe from the ... election as king and cemented his strength by raising a hundred Romans friendly to his cause to senatorial rank .
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The Great Bear , called Arctos by the Greeks and Ursa Major by the Romans , was commonly said to have been the ... Originally a minor deity , Venus was identified with the Greek APHRODITE and became important in Roman cult as the ...
The Great Bear , called Arctos by the Greeks and Ursa Major by the Romans , was commonly said to have been the ... Originally a minor deity , Venus was identified with the Greek APHRODITE and became important in Roman cult as the ...
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| Title | Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology |
| Author | Edward Tripp |
| Published | 1970 |
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