Acca Larentia
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Larentina
spoken of as
1 expressionLarentina“Acca Larentia”1 mention
Ad Nationes (Latin)
She was a hireling harlot, whether as the nurse of Romulus — and therefore a she-wolf because a harlot — or as the mistress of Hercules, and of a now dead Hercules, that is, of one now a god.
in the texts
Romulus
Wife of Faustulus, foster-mother of the twins, honored at the Larentalia festival.
For the Latins not only called she-wolves lupae, but also women of loose character, and such a woman was the wife of Faustulus, the foster-father of the infants, Acca Larentia by name.
Ad Nationes
Legendary harlot and nurse of Romulus, later worshipped as a goddess through her ties to Hercules.
She was a hireling harlot, whether as the nurse of Romulus — and therefore a she-wolf because a harlot — or as the mistress of Hercules, and of a now dead Hercules, that is, of one now a god.