Dea Dia
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Goddess of fertility and growth | |
| Festivals | Ambarvalia |
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| Greek equivalent | Demeter |
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Dea Dia (Latin: "Goddess of Daylight", or "Bright Goddess") was a goddess of fertility and growth in
She was worshiped during
Name
The name Dea Dīa (Classical Latin: [ˈd̪e.a ˈd̪iː.a]) means 'Goddess of Daylight' or 'Bright Goddess'.[5][6] The first element stems from the Latin dea ('goddess'), while the second is related to diēs ('day'), probably in reference to the ritual prescription to announce in January the May ceremonies sub divo culmine ('under the celestial vault').[5]
See also
- Other goddesses also known as Dea ("The Goddess")
- Other goddesses also known as Dia ("The Divine One")
References
- ISBN 978-90-04-17503-7.
- ISBN 978-3-11-008289-0.
- ^ Notes on Strabo's account, 5.3
- ^ Angelo Pellegrini (1865). Gli edifici del collegio dei Fratelli Arvali nel lugo della dea dia e i di loro avanzi: opuscolo corredato con pianta delineata dal medesimo. tipografia Chassi. pp. 6–.
- ^ a b Schilling 1992, pp. 113–114.
- ^ Jenkyns 2013, p. 96.
Bibliography
- Jenkyns, Richard (2013). God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-967552-4.
- Schilling, Robert (1992). "The Arval Brethren". In Bonnefoy, Yves (ed.). Roman and European Mythologies. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-06455-0.
Further reading
- Price, S. R. F. (1992). "The Arval Brothers". The Classical Review. 42 (2): 341–344. S2CID 246879606.
- Brinton, D. G. (1892). "The Etrusco-Libyan Elements in the Song of the Arval Brethren". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 30 (139): 317–324. JSTOR 983355.
- Kilgour, Andrew (1938). "The Ambarvalia and the Sacrificivm Deae Diae". Mnemosyne. 6 (3): 225–240. ProQuest 1299139937.
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