roman mythology
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1. the mythology of the ancient Romans (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | classical mythology, |
| definition | : | the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks (noun.group) |
| domain member category | : | epona, |
| definition | : | (possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | mors, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | mars, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | rea silvia, rhea silvia, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | romulus, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | remus, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | diana, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | minerva, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | dido, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | saturn, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | ceres, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | amor, cupid, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | sol, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | vulcan, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | mercury, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | janus, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | juno, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | vesta, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | victoria, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | faunus, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | neptune, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | luna, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | aurora, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | tellus, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | fortuna, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | jove, jupiter, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | vestal virgin, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | ops, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | silvanus, sylvanus, |
| definition | : | (Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | bacchant, |
| definition | : | (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus (noun.person) |
| domain member category | : | bacchante, |
| definition | : | (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus (noun.person) |
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