• Bona Dea (Latin: [ˈbɔna ˈdɛ.a]; 'Good Goddess') was a goddess in ancient Roman religion. She was associated with chastity and fertility among married...
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    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...
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  • and identified with the Roman Liber. Bellona or Duellona, war goddess. Bona Dea, the "women's goddess" with functions pertaining to fertility, healing...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    with Earth (Terra, the Roman counterpart of Gaia) and the Good Goddess (Bona Dea) in at least one tradition. Her identity became theologically intertwined...
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    Liv Bona Dea Arena (Azerbaijani: Liv Bona Dea Arena), formerly known as Dalga Arena, is a multi-use stadium in Mardakan settlement of Baku, Azerbaijan...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • Topcat 2006: Texas All-Star: Big Band Bash – TopCat 2012: Future Blues – Bona Dea Music 2012: The Golden Triangle: Swamp Blues – TopCat 2016: Fresh Air 2017:...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • translated as "Optimism"), as well as with the mysterious and multivalent Bona Dea, a goddess whose rites were celebrated by women. Inscriptional evidence...
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  • list of hospitals in Azerbaijan includes notable hospitals in Azerbaijan. Bona Dea International Hospital, Baku, Azerbaijan Ganja International Hospital,...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Kalendae Decembrīs N 2 ante diem IV Nonas Decembrīs N 3 III Non. Dec. N • Bona Dea rites for women only 4 pridie Nonas Decembrīs (abbrev. prid. Non. Dec.)...
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    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)...
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    officiated at Bona Dea's public-private, women-only rites at her Aventine temple. They were also present, in some capacity, at the Bona Dea's overnight,...
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    healing Apollo, Greco-Roman god of light, music, healing, and the sun Bona Dea, goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women Cardea, goddess of...
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