Egeria
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Egeria
C17: name of the mythical adviser of Numa Pompilius, king of Rome
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Egeria who taught King Numa was said to be a Camena.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
At Aricia 13 there was also a Manius Egerius, a male counterpart of Egeria.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
These meetings took place on the spot where the sacred shield had fallen from heaven, and here Numa dedicated a grove to the Camenae, like Egeria deities of springs.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
Plutarch discusses the question of such bodily appearances in connexion with the legend of Numa and Egeria.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover
The storm went down with the sun and the cold intensified until the biting blasts hurled across the open gate to Egeria Park were to the unprotected face like knife slashes.
From Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter by Merrill Tileston
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