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ANGERONA , or ANGEROrr1A, an old See also:Roman goddess, whose name and functions are variously explained. According to See also:ancient authorities, she was a goddess who relieved men from See also:pain and sorrow, or delivered the See also:Romans and their flocks from angina (See also:quinsy); or she was the protecting goddess of See also:Rome and the keeper of the sacred name of the See also: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 scholars regard her as a goddess akin to Ops, Acca Larentia and Dea Dia; or as the goddess of the new See also:year and the returning See also:sun (according to See also:Mommsen, ab angerendo = &Tro nobs avackpeoOat Tov Xtov). Her festival, called Divalia or Angeronalia, was celebrated on the 21st of See also:December. The priests offered See also:sacrifice in the See also:temple of Volupia, the goddess of See also:pleasure, in which stood a statue of Angerona, with a See also:finger on her mouth, which was See also:bound and closed (See also:Macrobius i. 1o; See also:Pliny, Nat. His'. iii. 9; See also:Varro, L. L. vi. 23). She was worshipped as Ancharia at See also:Faesulae, where an See also:altar belonging to her has been recently discovered. End of Article: ANGERONAAdditional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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