| 词条 | Murcia (deity) |
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According to Livy[2] she had a temple at the foot of the Aventine Hill near to the Palatine Hill. Murcus is said to have been an old name for the Aventine Hill itself;[3] hence the adjective murtius (= murcius) was applied to the turning-posts of the Circus Maximus, which was also situated in a valley between the Aventine and the Palatine Hills.[4] The name Murcia was linked to the name of the myrtle tree (Latin myrtus) by folk etymology; hence the spellings Murtia and Murtea. This association with myrtle, which was a sign of Venus, led to her naming as "Venus of the Myrtles".[5][6] Christian writers, in their turn, connected Murcia with the adjective murcus or murcidus "lazy, inactive", thus interpreting her as a "goddess of sloth and laziness".[7][8] References1. ^Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 2. ^Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1:33 3. ^Paulus Diaconus, Epitoma Festi, p. 148M 4. ^Apuleius, Metamorphoses, 6. 8 5. ^Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, XV. 36 6. ^Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, 20 7. ^Augustine, De civitate Dei, IV. 16 8. ^Arnobius, Adversus Nationes, IV. 9 External links
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