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In ], '''Marica''' was a ], the mother of ].<ref>Rose HJ, A Handbook of Greek Mythology, First Edition 1928</ref> Latinus was fathered by ], who was also occasionally referred to as the son of Marica. The sacred forest near ] was dedicated to Marica.<ref name="Horace1846">{{cite book|author=Horace|title=Opera: The Works of Horace: the Odes on the Basis of Anthon: the Satires and Epistles by McCaul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gYw-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA229|year=1846|publisher=Cumming and Ferguson|pages=229–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432925 |title=Places: 432925 (Marica) |author=Purcell, N. |accessdate=July 6, 2020|publisher=Pleiades}}</ref> A lake nearby was also named after her. Various Roman authors claims that she was a form of ] or ].<ref name="Smith1878">{{cite book|author=William Smith|title=A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography Mythology and Geography Partly Based Upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|url=https://archive.org/details/anewclassicaldi00unkngoog|year=1878|publisher=Harper|pages=–}}</ref><ref name="Martial1908">{{cite book|author=Martial|title=Selected Epigrams of Martial|url=https://archive.org/details/selectedepigram00postgoog|year=1908|publisher=Ginn|pages=–}}</ref> In ], '''Marica''' was a ], the mother of ].<ref>Rose, p. .</ref> Latinus was fathered by ], who was also occasionally referred to as the son of Marica. The sacred forest near ] was dedicated to Marica.<ref> Wheeler, p. .</ref><ref>Purcell, n.p.</ref> A lake nearby was also named after her. Various Roman authors claims that she was a form of ] or ].<ref>Smith, p. .</ref><ref>Post, pp. .</ref>


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⚫ *] (VII, 47)
⚫ *] (XXVII, 37,2)


⚫ * ], '']'', VII. 47.
⚫ * ], XXVII. 37, 2.
* ], X. 25.
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*Horace, . Edited by George B. Wheeler (Dublin: Cumming & Ferguson, 1846)
*Martial, ]. Edited by Edwin Post (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1908)
*Purcell, N., , ''Pleiades''. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
*Rose, H. J., ] (London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1959)
*], William Smith (ed.), ] (New York: Harper & Bros., 1878)

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Nymph in Roman mythology, mother of Latinus
Marica, by Henryk Siemiradzki Lviv National Art Gallery, Ukraine

In Roman mythology, Marica was a nymph, the mother of Latinus. Latinus was fathered by Faunus, who was also occasionally referred to as the son of Marica. The sacred forest near Minturnae was dedicated to Marica. A lake nearby was also named after her. Various Roman authors claims that she was a form of Diana or Venus.

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References

  1. Rose, p. 310.
  2. Wheeler, p. 229.
  3. Purcell, n.p.
  4. Smith, p. 243.
  5. Post, pp. 242-44.

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