Bona Dea
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bona Dea
< Latin: literally, (the) Good Goddess
Example Sentences
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Caesar’s second wife, Pompeia, was in charge of a rite for the goddess Bona Dea, a ceremony for women only, performed in Caesar’s house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 27, 2018
The 39 settings commemorate mythic or real women, goddesses and culture heroines, from the Bona Dea of prehistory to Georgia O'Keeffe.
From Time Magazine Archive
It has been suggested that the Celts gave Bona Dea to the Romans, for these considered her Hyperborean.
From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona
As the Roman women worshipped Vesta and Ceres, so they also paid reverence to Bona Dea, the good goddess, who blessed matrimonial unions with fruitfulness.
From Roman Women by Brittain, Alfred
The Romans kept serpents in the Temples of Bona Dea and Æsculapius.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
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