Quies

The personification of tranquillity, was worshiped as a divinity by the Romans. A chapel dedicated to her stood on the via Lavicana, probably a pleasant resting-place for the weary traveler; another sanctuary of her was outside the Porta Collina.

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References

Sources

  • Augustine. City of God iv, 16, 21.
  • Livy. The History of Rome iv, 41.
  • 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.