One aspect of this deity, Sospita, had a major temple at Lanuvium and appeared to people in dreams wearing a goat skin. Another aspect of this deity, Curitis, served as the protector of Roman spearman and the first day of each month in the Roman calendar was dedicated to this figure. The month of February was sacred to her and a festival held in this goddesses' honor featured man coupling with a woman whose name he drew at random from a box. Worshipped ardently at Samos, this goddess was responsible for inciting a group of women to burn their l
One aspect of this deity, Sospita, had a major temple at Lanuvium and appeared to people in dreams wearing a goat skin. Another aspect of this deity, Curitis, served as the protector of Roman spearman and the first day of each month in the Roman calendar was dedicated to this figure. The month of February was sacred to her and a festival held in this goddesses' honor featured man coupling with a woman whose name he drew at random from a box. Worshipped ardently at Samos, this goddess was responsible for inciting a group of women to burn their leader's ships at Sicily. She drew the ire of one of her favorites, Turnus, when she disguised herself as his enemy and drove him away from the battlefield. More famously, this goddess cooked up a rainstorm that led to Dido and Aeneas making love in a cave. For ten points, name this goddess of marriage and childbirth, the queen of the Roman pantheon and the wife of Jupiter.
One aspect of this deity, Sospita, had a major temple at Lanuvium and appeared to people in dreams wearing a goat skin.
{Juno} (do not accept {Hera})