Egeria

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Egeria, nymph, legendary consort and instructor of Numa Pompilius, whom she instructed in the sacred grove of Carmentis.

She is mentioned in Livy XIX, XXI, Dionysius of Halicarnassus AR 2.61-2. Ennius, Ann. 119; Cicero De Legibus 1.1.4; Ovid, Fasti 3.154; 259-93; Martial 10.35 12-14; Juvenal, 3rd Satire 17.

secondary sources

Roman Religion and the Cult of Diana at Aricia

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