Luperca

Or Lupa, an ancient Italian divinity, the wife of Lupercus, who, in the shape of a she-wolf, performed the office of nurse to Romulus and Remus.1 In some accounts she is identified with Acca Larentia, the wife of the shepherd Faustulus.2

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References

Notes

  1. Arnobius. Adversus Nationes iv, 3.
  2. Livy. The History of Rome i, 4.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

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