Editing Marica (mythology)

{{Short description|Nymph in Roman mythology, mother of Latinus}}
[[File:Siemiradzki-Nimfa.jpg|thumb|''Marica'', by [[Henryk Siemiradzki]] [[Lviv National Art Gallery]], [[Ukraine]]]]

In [[Roman mythology]], '''Marica''' was a [[nymph]], the mother of [[Latinus]].<ref>Rose, p. [https://archive.org/details/handbookofgreekm00rose/page/310/mode/2up?q=marica 310].</ref> Latinus was fathered by [[Faunus]], who was also occasionally referred to as the son of Marica. The sacred forest near [[Minturno|Minturnae]] was dedicated to Marica.<ref> Wheeler, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gYw-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA229 229].</ref><ref>Purcell, n.p.</ref>  A lake nearby was also named after her. Various Roman authors claims that she was a form of [[Diana (mythology)|Diana]] or [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]].<ref>Smith, p. [https://archive.org/details/anewclassicaldi00unkngoog 243].</ref><ref>Post, pp. [https://archive.org/details/selectedepigram00postgoog/page/n302/mode/2up 242-44].</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'', VII. 47. 
* [[Livy]], XXVII. 37, 2. 
* [[Martial]], X. 25.
==References==
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== Bibliography ==

*Horace, [https://books.google.com/books?id=gYw-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA229 ''Opera: The Works of Horace: the Odes on the Basis of Anthon: the Satires and Epistles by McCaul'']. Edited by George B. Wheeler (Dublin: Cumming & Ferguson, 1846)
*Martial, [[iarchive:selectedepigram00postgoog|''Selected Epigrams of Martial'']]. Edited by Edwin Post (Boston: Ginn & Co., 1908) 
*Purcell, N., [https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/432925 Places: 432925 (Marica)], ''Pleiades''. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
*Rose, H. J., [[iarchive:handbookofgreekm00rose/page/n5/mode/2up|''A Handbook of Greek Literature'']] (London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1959)
*[[iarchive:anewclassicaldi00unkngoog|"Marica"]], William Smith (ed.), [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|''A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography'']] (New York: Harper & Bros., 1878)

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