Editing Abundantia (section)

==In Rome==
The [[Augustan literature (ancient Rome)|Augustan poet]] [[Ovid]] gives Abundantia a role in the myth of [[Achelous|Acheloüs]] the [[List of water deities|river god]], one of whose horns was ripped from his forehead by [[Hercules]]. The horn was taken by the [[Naiads]] and transformed into the [[cornucopia]] that was granted to Abundantia.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]''; 9.87–88, as cited by Fears, p. 821.</ref> Other [[aition|aetiological]] myths provide different explanations of the cornucopia's origin.{{Clarify|reason=What myths?|date=April 2022}} On [[Nero]]nian [[Roman currency|coinage]], she was associated with [[Ceres (mythology)|Ceres]] and equated with [[Annona (goddess)|Annona]], who embodied the [[Grain supply to the city of Rome|grain supply]].<ref name=":2" /> Like Annona, Abundantia was a "virtue in action" in such locations as the [[harbor]], where grain entered the city.<ref name=":2" />  Coinage in [[Roman Empire|Rome]] depicts her either holding the cornucopia or pouring out the riches contained within the cornucopia. Occasionally she is depicted as holding wheat or standing on a ship. It is unknown what her appearance on ships represents. Abundantia appears on the medals of many emperors. Such as [[Trajan]], [[Antoninus Pius]], [[Caracalla]], [[Elagabalus]], [[Severus Alexander]], [[Gordian I|Gordian]], [[Decius]], [[Gallienus]], [[Tetricus I|Tetricus]], [[Probus (emperor)|Probus]], [[Numerian]], [[Carinus]], [[Carus]], [[Diocletian]], and [[Galerius]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Universal Technological Dictionary Volume 1|publisher=Baldwin|year=1823|location=London}}</ref> She appears alongside one of several inscriptions: Abundantia, Abundantia Perpetua, Augustorum Nostrorum, Augustorum Augg NN, and Augustia Aug.<ref name=":3" /> [[Mithraism|Mithraic]] iconography on a [[Ancient Roman pottery|vase]] from [[Lezoux]], in the [[Roman province]] of  [[Gallia Aquitania]] depicts this deity seating, and holding a cornucopia as a symbol of "the abundance that stems from Mithras' act".<ref>Manfred Claus, ''The Roman Cult of Mithras: The God and His Mysteries'', translated by Richard Gordon (Routledge, 2000, originally published 1990 in German), p. 118.</ref>