A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

the personification of sensual pleasure among the Romans, who was honoured with a temple near the porta Romanula. (Plin. Ep. 8.20, H. N. 3.5; Varro, De Ling. Lat. 5.164; Macr. 1.10; August. De Civ. Dei, 4.8.) She is also called Voluptas. (Cic. De Nat. Deor. 2.23.)

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