Edulica

Or Edusa, a Roman divinity, who was worshiped as the protectress of children, and was believed to bless their food, just as Potina and Cuba blessed their drinking and their sleep.

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References

Sources

  • Arnobius, iii, 25.
  • Augustine. City of God iv, 11.
  • Donatus on Terence's Phormio i, 1, 11.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Varro, ap. Nonnus, p. 108.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.