Noctiluca

"Shining in the night." A surname of Luna, under which she had a temple on the Palatine which was lighted up every night.

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References

Sources

  • Horace. Odes, iv, 6.38.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Varro. On the Latin Language v, 68.