god
Diana
also: Latonia, Trivia, Luna, Lucina
Virgin goddess of the hunt, the moon, the wild, and childbirth; daughter of Latona and Jove, equated with the Greek Artemis. Her cult-titles Lucina-Juno (childbirth), Trivia (crossroads), and Luna (moon) all name aspects of the one goddess hymned in poem 34.
Reading notes
- The Poems §34 Diana
Virgin goddess of the hunt, moon, wild, and childbirth, daughter of Latona and Jove. Her titles Lucina-Juno (of childbirth), Trivia (of crossroads), and Luna (the moon) all name aspects of the one goddess this hymn addresses.
- The Poems §64 your sister
Diana, twin of Apollo and 'dweller in the mountains of Idrus,' who also boycotts the wedding.
- The Poems §66 Trivia
Diana as the Moon (goddess of crossroads); 'love banishes Trivia beneath the Latmian rocks' alludes to the Moon's love for Endymion.