Bona Dea

Bona Dea was a goddess in ancient Roman Religion. She was the goddess of chastity and fertility. Her name means "The Good Goddess". Male writers did not know a lot about her. Her festivals were only attended by females.^[1]

Bona Dea Media

Temple of Bona Dea on a map of ancient Rome around 300 AD
Bona Dea Marble Statue with Epigraph; "Ex visu iussu Bonae Deae sacr(um) Callistus Rufinae N(ostrae) Act(or)" (Dedicated to Bona Dea by Callistus, slave of Rufina) CIL. XIV 2251. Antoninian, Ager Albanus, Italy

References

↑ Versnel, H. S.. The Festival for Bona Dea and the Thesmophoria (in en). Greece & Rome 39 (1) (1992). p. 31–55. doi:10.1017/S0017383500023974.

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[1] Versnel, H. S.. The Festival for Bona Dea and the Thesmophoria (in en). Greece & Rome 39 (1) (1992). p. 31–55. doi:10.1017/S0017383500023974.

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