Bona Dea
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title:
Bona Dea
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Bona Dea was a goddess in ancient Roman religion. She was associated with chastity and fertility among married Roman women, healing, and the protection of the state and people of Rome. According to Roman literary sources, she was brought from Magna Graecia at some time during the early or middle Republic, and was given her own state cult on the Aventine Hill. Her rites allowed women the use of strong wine and blood-sacrifice, things otherwise forbidden them by Roman tradition. Men were barred fr
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Roman deity
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bona_Dea
date created:
2002-09-14T00:05:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T22:41:34Z
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