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Ilia
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Given name(s):
Ilia
,
Rhea
Surname(s):
Gender:
Female
Fictional:
yes
Description:
Mother of Romulus and Remus. [DH.1.79.2; Ov.Fast.3.41, 4.54; Vir.Aen.6.777, 1.273; Plu.PS.36; Plu.Rom.3.3, 4.2]
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Characters in Roman Mythology
Type:
character
Passage:
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.79.2
/
Ovid, Fasti 3.41
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Virgil, Aeneid 6.777
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Plutarch, Moralia (Greek and Roman Parallel Stories) 36
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Plutarch, Parallel Lives (Romulus) 3.3
Also known as
Rhea Silvia