Bona Dea (Latin: [ˈbɔna ˈdɛ.a]; 'Good Goddess') was a goddess in ancient Roman religion. She was associated with chastity and fertility among married...

Look up dea or Dea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dea is the Latin word for "goddess" and may refer to: Bona Dea, a (mostly) exclusively women's...

and identified with the Roman Liber. Bellona or Duellona, war goddess. Bona Dea, the "women's goddess" with functions pertaining to fertility, healing...

Temple of Bona Dea was an ancient sanctuary in Aventine Hill of Ancient Rome, erected the 3rd century BC and dedicated to the goddess Bona Dea. The date...

Julia Minor (before 100 BC – 51 BC) was the second of two daughters of Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia. She was an elder sister of the dictator Julius...

time in December 62 BC he infiltrated the female-only secret rites of the Bona Dea in the house of the pontifex maximus, Julius Caesar. His motives for this...

Liv Bona Dea Hospital opened on March 27th, 2018 in Baku, Azerbaijan. It consists of seven floors, with an area of 37,500 m². The opening ceremony was...

cover-up of Venus. Incest plays a role in one version of how the Roman Bona Dea, whose rites seem most comparable to the Thesmophoria, became a goddess...

goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman era goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. Conversely, the Roman poet Ovid provides...

Liv Bona Dea Arnea (Azerbaijani: Liv Bona Dea Arena), formerly known as Dalga Arena, is a multi-use stadium in Mardakan settlement of Baku, Azerbaijan...

For the total exclusion of myrtle (and therefore Venus) at Bona Dea's rites, see Bona Dea article. Bull, Malcolm, The Mirror of the Gods, How Renaissance...

frequently identified with Faunus, a nature god who was the father of Bona Dea, sometimes identified as Fauna; he was also closely associated with Silvanus...

with Earth (Terra, the Roman counterpart of Gaia) and the Good Goddess (Bona Dea) in at least one tradition. Her identity became theologically intertwined...

residence on the Via Sacra. In 62 BC, Pompeia hosted there the festival of the Bona Dea ("good goddess"), which no man was permitted to attend. However, a young...

quelled public demonstrations in his favour. That year the festival of the Bona Dea ("good goddess") was held at the domus publicus, Caesar's residence as...

Priestess of Ceres, Sacerdos Cereris, and the Temple of Bona Dea by the Priestess of Bona Dea, Sacerdos Bonae Deae. Other Priestesses were the Sacerdos...

relations with the aristocracy took priority. He also was engaged in the Bona Dea affair, where Publius Clodius Pulcher sneaked into Caesar's house sacrilegiously...

allow any woman to be present. The "women's goddess" (dea feminarum) is usually taken as the Bona Dea. This relationship, however, should perhaps be thought...

tribune in 61 BC he was an ally of Publius Clodius Pulcher during the Bona Dea affair. During his praetorship in 59 BC he supported Julius Caesar who...

translated as "Optimism"), as well as with the mysterious and multivalent Bona Dea, a goddess whose rites were celebrated by women. Inscriptional evidence...

Pulcher dressed as a woman and intruded on the all-female rites of the Bona Dea, he was charged with incestum. In Latin legal and moral discourse, stuprum...

exclusion of myrtle (and therefore Venus) at Bona Dea's rites, and implications of this taboo, see the Bona Dea article. Bull, Malcolm, The Mirror of the...

depicted as the Aventine. Ancient Rome portal Forum Pistorium Temple of Bona Dea Seven hills Seven hills of Rome Caelian Hill (Celio) Capitoline Hill (Capitolino)...

subsequently married Pompeia Sulla, granddaughter of Sulla. In 62 BC, during the Bona Dea festival held at Caesar's house, one of Aurelia's maids discovered that...

and the learned," would be according to Macrobius an indigitation of the Bona Dea. Roscher, however, does not consider Robigus and Maia to have been part...

there was plentiful material for Cicero to build that profile, such as the Bona Dea incident in 62 BC; involving Clodius stealing into the abode of the Pontifex...

Born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, Larin is also the founder of Bona Dea Music, an independent record label focused on electronic pop/rock, world...

In the Dutch vocabulary, "mens" is the word for "man" as in "mankind". Bona Dea Empedocles Pudicitia MENTI BONAE SACRVM FELIX VILICVS POSVIT Adkins, Roy...

while still others deem that Genita Mana may be only a vague epithet like Bona Dea rather than an actual theonym. Plutarch writes Roman Questions as a series...

Other minor Roman deities Penates Genius Dei Lucrii Furrina Bona Dea Carmenta Camenae Dea Dia Convector Lemures Manes Bonus Eventus Portunus Flora Lupercus...