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by Micha F. Lindemans

An Italian nymph, the consort of Faunus and mother of Latinus (Virgil VII, 47). According to others, she was the mother of Faunus. She possessed a sacred forest near Minturnae (Minturno) on the border of Latium and Campania (Livius XXVII, 37,2). A lake near Minturnae was named after her.