Larentina
deity figure · 2 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Acca Larentina · that most prostituted she-wolf
in the texts
Apologeticum
A public harlot venerated among the goddesses.
But when you adore Larentina, a public harlot — would it were at least Lais or Phryne — among the Junos and Cereses and Dianas;
Sterculus and Mutunus and Larentina advanced the empire!
And yet the Romans dedicated not so much honour to the fates that delivered Carthage to them, against the destiny and the vow of Juno, as to that most prostituted she-wolf Larentina.
Ad Nationes
Deified Roman woman (Acca Larentia), cited ironically as a supposed advancer of empire.
And yet the Romans decreed not so much honor to the fates that, when they surrendered Carthage to themselves, they gave as much as to Larentina.