Rhea

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Rhēa, ae, f.,

an old Italian name. Thus, Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor and mother of Romulus and Remus , Liv. 1, 3; Flor. 1, 1, 1; Prud. adv. Symm. 1, 174 (cf. Verg. A. 1, 276).—Hence comes the name of the fabled priestess Rhea in Verg. A. 7, 659.

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