Rhamnusia

A name for the avenging goddess Nemesis. It refers to her temple at Rhamnus, a village north of Marathon, in the northernmost deme of Attica. As Rhamnusia she punished Narcissus.

It also occurs as a surname of Venus.

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References

Sources

  • C. Valerius Catullus. Carmina, 66.71, 68.77.
  • Ovid. Metamorphoses iii, 402-436.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece i, 33.2.
  • Statius. Silvae, 3.5.