ANGERONA  , or ANGEROrr1A, an old See also:

• ROMAN

Roman goddess, whose name and functions are variously explained . According to See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient authorities, she was a goddess who relieved men from See also:

• PAIN (from Lat. poena, Gr. robin, penalty, that which must be paid: O. Fr. peine)
• PAIN, BARRY (1867– )

pain and sorrow, or delivered the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans and their flocks from angina (See also:

• QUINSY

quinsy); or she was the protecting goddess of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and the keeper of the sacred name of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, which might not be pronounced lest it should be revealed to her enemies; it was even thought that Angerona itself was' this name . See also:

• MODERN

Modern scholars regard her as a goddess akin to Ops, Acca Larentia and Dea Dia; or as the goddess of the new See also:

• YEAR

year and the returning See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun (according to See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen, ab angerendo = &Tro nobs avackpeoOat Tov Xtov) . Her festival, called Divalia or Angeronalia, was celebrated on the 21st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December . The priests offered See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice in the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Volupia, the goddess of See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure, in which stood a statue of Angerona, with a See also:

• FINGER

finger on her mouth, which was See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound and closed (See also:

• MACROBIUS, AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS

Macrobius i . 1o; See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Nat . His'. iii . 9; See also:

• VARRO, MARCUS TERENTIUS (116—27 B.C.)
• VARRO, PUBLIUS TERENTIUS

Varro, L . L. vi . 23) . She was worshipped as Ancharia at See also:

• FAESULAE (mod.. Fiesole, q.v.)

Faesulae, where an See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar belonging to her has been recently discovered .