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
The affair of the mysteries of the Bona Dea, however, caused a breach between Clodius and Cicero in December 62.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
And if she hie To Bona Dea, where no males may be, Straight to the sacred altars follow I, Who only trust her if my eyes can see.
From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Williams, Theodore C.
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