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Roman mythologyRoman mythology, or Latin mythology, refers to the mythological beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Ancient Rome. It can be considered as having two parts; One part, largely later and literary, consists of borrowings from Greek mythology...
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Febris ("fever") was the goddess who embodied, but also protected people from 'fever' and 'malaria'. Febris had three temples in ancient Rome, of which one was located between the
PalatineThe Palatine Hill is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city...
and
VelabrumThe Velabrum is the low valley in the city of Rome that connects the Forum with the Forum Boarium, and the Capitoline Hill with the western slope of the Palatine Hill. Before the construction of the Cloaca Maxima, which probably follows the course of an ancient stream, the area was a swamp...
. She may have originated from the
Etruscan godThe Etruscans were a diachronically continuous population speaking a distinct language and practicing a distinctive culture that ranged over the Po Valley and some of its alpine slopes, southward along the west coast of Italy, most intensely in Etruria, with enclaves as far south as Campania, and...
FebruusIn Roman mythology, Februus was the god of the dead and purification. He was also worshipped by the Etruscans, where he could have become Febris, god of malaria. In his honor, the Februalia festivity were held. These were at about the same time as Lupercalia in honor of Faun. Because of this...
. Among her characteristic attributes are 'shrewdness' and 'honesty', according to
Seneca the YoungerLucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...
's Apocolocyntosis.
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Roman mythologyRoman mythology, or Latin mythology, refers to the mythological beliefs of the Italic people inhabiting the region of Latium and its main city, Ancient Rome. It can be considered as having two parts; One part, largely later and literary, consists of borrowings from Greek mythology...
,
Febris ("fever") was the goddess who embodied, but also protected people from 'fever' and 'malaria'. Febris had three temples in ancient Rome, of which one was located between the
PalatineThe Palatine Hill is the centermost of the Seven Hills of Rome and is one of the most ancient parts of the city...
and
VelabrumThe Velabrum is the low valley in the city of Rome that connects the Forum with the Forum Boarium, and the Capitoline Hill with the western slope of the Palatine Hill. Before the construction of the Cloaca Maxima, which probably follows the course of an ancient stream, the area was a swamp...
. She may have originated from the
Etruscan godThe Etruscans were a diachronically continuous population speaking a distinct language and practicing a distinctive culture that ranged over the Po Valley and some of its alpine slopes, southward along the west coast of Italy, most intensely in Etruria, with enclaves as far south as Campania, and...
FebruusIn Roman mythology, Februus was the god of the dead and purification. He was also worshipped by the Etruscans, where he could have become Febris, god of malaria. In his honor, the Februalia festivity were held. These were at about the same time as Lupercalia in honor of Faun. Because of this...
. Among her characteristic attributes are 'shrewdness' and 'honesty', according to
Seneca the YoungerLucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...
's Apocolocyntosis.