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	outdoor revels. Ovid then notes that some equate Anna Perenna with the		outdoor revels. Ovid then notes that some equate Anna Perenna with the
	Moon or with Themis or with Io or with Amaltheia, but he turns to what		Moon or with Themis or with Io or with Amaltheia, but he turns to what
−	he claims may be closer to the truth, that during the [[~~Plebeian (Nova Roma)\|~~Plebeian]] revolt	+	he claims may be closer to the truth, that during the [[Plebeian]] revolt
	the rebels ran short on food and an old woman of Bovillae named Anna		the rebels ran short on food and an old woman of Bovillae named Anna
	baked cakes and brought them to the rebels every morning. The		baked cakes and brought them to the rebels every morning. The

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	outdoor revels. Ovid then notes that some equate Anna Perenna with the		outdoor revels. Ovid then notes that some equate Anna Perenna with the
	Moon or with Themis or with Io or with Amaltheia, but he turns to what		Moon or with Themis or with Io or with Amaltheia, but he turns to what
−	he claims may be closer to the truth, that during the [[Plebeian]] revolt	+	he claims may be closer to the truth, that during the [[Plebeian (Nova Roma)\|Plebeian]] revolt
	the rebels ran short on food and an old woman of Bovillae named Anna		the rebels ran short on food and an old woman of Bovillae named Anna
	baked cakes and brought them to the rebels every morning. The		baked cakes and brought them to the rebels every morning. The

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	"ut annare perannareque commode liccat" ("that the circle of the year		"ut annare perannareque commode liccat" ("that the circle of the year
	may be completed happily") and that people sacrificed to her both		may be completed happily") and that people sacrificed to her both
−	publicly and privately. Ovid in his Fasti provides a vivid	+	publicly and privately. [[Ovid]] in his [[Fasti]] provides a vivid
	description of the revelry and licentiousness of her outdoor festival		description of the revelry and licentiousness of her outdoor festival
	where tents were pitched or bowers built from branches, where people		where tents were pitched or bowers built from branches, where people
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	==References==		==References==

−	Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed. (1911)	+	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica] 11th ed. (1911)

	Ovid ''Fasti'', trans. A.S. Kline (2004)		Ovid ''Fasti'', trans. A.S. Kline (2004)

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	Macrobius ''Saturnalia'' trans. Ludwig von Jan, Gottfried Bass, Quedlinburg and Leipzig (1852)		Macrobius ''Saturnalia'' trans. Ludwig von Jan, Gottfried Bass, Quedlinburg and Leipzig (1852)
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New page: '''Anna Perenna''', an elderly goddess who symbolizes the turning of the year. Her name is probably a mutation of the Latin ''per annum''. Macrobius (Saturnalia 1.12.6) related that offer...

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'''Anna Perenna''', an elderly goddess who symbolizes the turning of the year. Her name is probably a mutation of the Latin ''per annum''.

Macrobius (Saturnalia 1.12.6) related that offerings were made to her
"ut annare perannareque commode liccat" ("that the circle of the year
may be completed happily") and that people sacrificed to her both
publicly and privately. Ovid in his Fasti provides a vivid
description of the revelry and licentiousness of her outdoor festival
where tents were pitched or bowers built from branches, where people
asked that Anna bestow as many more years to them as they could drink
cups of wine at the festival.

Ovid then tells that Anna Perenna was the same Anna who appears in
Virgil's Aeneid as Dido's sister and that after Dido's death, Carthage
was attacked by the Numidians and Anna was forced to flee. Eventually
Anna ended up in ship which happened to be driven by a storm right to
Aeneas' settlement of Lavinium. Aeneas invited her to stay, but his
wife Lavinia became jealous. Anna, warned in a dream by Dido's
spirit, escaped whatever Lavinia was planning by rushing off into the
night and falling into the river Numicus and drowning. Aeneas and his
folk were able to track Anna part way. Eventually Anna's form appeared
to them and Anna explained that she was now a river nymph hidden in
the "perennial stream" (amnis perennis) of Numicus and her name was
therefore now Anna Perenna. The people immediately celebrated with
outdoor revels. Ovid then notes that some equate Anna Perenna with the
Moon or with Themis or with Io or with Amaltheia, but he turns to what
he claims may be closer to the truth, that during the Plebeian revolt
the rebels ran short on food and an old woman of Bovillae named Anna
baked cakes and brought them to the rebels every morning. The
Plebeians later set up an image to her and worshipped her as a
goddess.

Next Ovid relates that soon after old Anna had become a goddess, the
god Mars attempted to get Anna to persuade Minerva to yield to him in
love. Anna at last pretends that Minerva has agreed and the wedding is
on. But when Mars' supposed new wife was brought into his chamber and
Mars removed the veil he found to his chagrin that it was not Minerva
but old Anna, which is why people tell coarse jokes and sing coarse
songs at Anna Perenna's festivities.

"The happy feast of Anna Perenna is held on the Ides,
Not far from your banks, Tiber, far flowing river.
The people come and drink there, scattered on the grass,
And every man reclines there with his girl.
Some tolerate the open sky, a few pitch tents,
And some make leafy huts out of branches,
While others set reeds up, to form rigid pillars,
And hang their outspread robes from the reeds.
But they're warmed by sun and wine, and pray
For as many years as cups, as many as they drink.
There you'll find a man who quaffs Nestor's years,
A woman who'd age as the Sibyl, in her cups.
There they sing whatever they've learnt in the theatres,
Beating time to the words with ready hands,
And setting the bowl down, dance coarsely,
The trim girl leaping about with streaming hair.
Homecoming they stagger, a sight for vulgar eyes,
And the crowd meeting them call them 'blessed'.
I fell in with the procession lately (it seems to me worth
Saying): a tipsy old woman dragging a tipsy old man."
- Ovid, Fasti III

''Huius etiam prima die ignem novum Vestae aris accendebant, ut''
''incipiente anno cura denuo servandi novati ignis inciperet: eodem''
''quoque ingrediente mense tam in regia curiisque atque flaminum domibus''
''laureae veteres novis laureis mutabantur: eodem quoque mense et''
''publice et privatim ad Annam Perennam sacrificatum itur, ut annare''
''perennareque commode liceat.'' - Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.XII.6

==References==

Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th ed. (1911)

Ovid ''Fasti'', trans. A.S. Kline (2004)

Macrobius ''Saturnalia'' trans. Ludwig von Jan, Gottfried Bass, Quedlinburg and Leipzig (1852)

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	'''Anna Perenna''', an elderly goddess who symbolizes the turning of the year. Her name is probably a mutation of the Latin ''per annum''.		'''Anna Perenna''', an elderly goddess who symbolizes the turning of the year. Her name is probably a mutation of the Latin ''per annum''.

−	Macrobius (Saturnalia 1.12.6) related that offerings were made to her	+	[[Macrobius]] (Saturnalia 1.12.6) related that offerings were made to her
	"ut annare perannareque commode liccat" ("that the circle of the year		"ut annare perannareque commode liccat" ("that the circle of the year
	may be completed happily") and that people sacrificed to her both		may be completed happily") and that people sacrificed to her both
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	Ovid then tells that Anna Perenna was the same Anna who appears in		Ovid then tells that Anna Perenna was the same Anna who appears in
−	Virgil's Aeneid as Dido's sister and that after Dido's death, Carthage	+	[[Virgil]]'s [[Aeneid]] as Dido's sister and that after Dido's death, Carthage
	was attacked by the Numidians and Anna was forced to flee. Eventually		was attacked by the Numidians and Anna was forced to flee. Eventually
	Anna ended up in ship which happened to be driven by a storm right to		Anna ended up in ship which happened to be driven by a storm right to
−	Aeneas' settlement of Lavinium. Aeneas invited her to stay, but his	+	[[Aeneas]]' settlement of Lavinium. Aeneas invited her to stay, but his
−	wife Lavinia became jealous. Anna, warned in a dream by Dido's	+	wife [[Lavinia]] became jealous. Anna, warned in a dream by Dido's
	spirit, escaped whatever Lavinia was planning by rushing off into the		spirit, escaped whatever Lavinia was planning by rushing off into the
−	night and falling into the river Numicus and drowning. Aeneas and his	+	night and falling into the river [[Numicus]] and drowning. Aeneas and his
	folk were able to track Anna part way. Eventually Anna's form appeared		folk were able to track Anna part way. Eventually Anna's form appeared
−	to them and Anna explained that she was now a river nymph hidden in	+	to them and Anna explained that she was now a river [[nymph]] hidden in
	the "perennial stream" (amnis perennis) of Numicus and her name was		the "perennial stream" (amnis perennis) of Numicus and her name was
	therefore now Anna Perenna. The people immediately celebrated with		therefore now Anna Perenna. The people immediately celebrated with
	outdoor revels. Ovid then notes that some equate Anna Perenna with the		outdoor revels. Ovid then notes that some equate Anna Perenna with the
	Moon or with Themis or with Io or with Amaltheia, but he turns to what		Moon or with Themis or with Io or with Amaltheia, but he turns to what
−	he claims may be closer to the truth, that during the Plebeian revolt	+	he claims may be closer to the truth, that during the [[Plebeian]] revolt
	the rebels ran short on food and an old woman of Bovillae named Anna		the rebels ran short on food and an old woman of Bovillae named Anna
	baked cakes and brought them to the rebels every morning. The		baked cakes and brought them to the rebels every morning. The
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	Next Ovid relates that soon after old Anna had become a goddess, the		Next Ovid relates that soon after old Anna had become a goddess, the
−	god Mars attempted to get Anna to persuade Minerva to yield to him in	+	god [[Mars]] attempted to get Anna to persuade [[Minerva]] to yield to him in
	love. Anna at last pretends that Minerva has agreed and the wedding is		love. Anna at last pretends that Minerva has agreed and the wedding is
	on. But when Mars' supposed new wife was brought into his chamber and		on. But when Mars' supposed new wife was brought into his chamber and
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−	"The happy feast of Anna Perenna is held on the Ides,	+	"The happy feast of Anna Perenna is held on the [[Ides]],
−	Not far from your banks, Tiber, far flowing river.	+	Not far from your banks, [[Tiber]], far flowing river.
	The people come and drink there, scattered on the grass,		The people come and drink there, scattered on the grass,
	And every man reclines there with his girl.		And every man reclines there with his girl.
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	For as many years as cups, as many as they drink.		For as many years as cups, as many as they drink.
	There you'll find a man who quaffs Nestor's years,		There you'll find a man who quaffs Nestor's years,
−	A woman who'd age as the Sibyl, in her cups.	+	A woman who'd age as the [[Sibyl]], in her cups.
	There they sing whatever they've learnt in the theatres,		There they sing whatever they've learnt in the theatres,
	Beating time to the words with ready hands,		Beating time to the words with ready hands,