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  Wikipedia: Eos
More commonly, Eos ("dawn") was, in Greek mythology, the dawn goddess; her Roman equivalent was Aurora or Matuta; her Etruscan equivalent was Thesan.
Matuta later became known as Mater Matuta and was associated with dawn, the sea and harbors and ports.
On June 11, the Matralia was celebrated at that temple in honor of Mater Matuta; this festival was only for women in their first marriage.
www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/e/eo/eos.html   (354 words)

  
 MATER MATUTA - LoveToKnow Article on MATER MATUTA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The idea of light being closely connected with childbirth, whereby the infant is brought into the light of the world, she came to be regarded as a double of Juno, and was identified by the Greeks with Eilithyia.
Matuta had a temple in Rome in the Forum Boarium, where thc festival of Matralia was celebrated on the 11th of June.
The trans formation was complete in 174 B.C., when Tiberius Seinproniut Gracchus, after the conquest of Sardinia, placed in the templi of Matuta a map commemorative of the campaign, containing plan of the island and the various engagements.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MA/MATER_MATUTA.htm   (6267 words)

  
 Roman Calendar - June   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Mater Matuta is a celestial figure with terrestial ties who belongs to matrons.
This because the Mater Matuta is a virgin-goddess when she gives birth to the dawn.
She was also simply known as Matuta, and was the same as the ancient Italian goddess Ino Leucothea.
www.personal.psu.edu /users/w/x/wxk116/RomanCalendar/jun11.htm   (1102 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 974 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Both John and Matthaeus, however, were unable to prevent John Palaeologus from taking Constantinople in the month of January, 1355, an event which put an end at once to the reign of the father and the son, who both abdicated and retired into a convent.
But as he was nearly surrounded by the enemy in Narbonne and Cisalpine Gaul, and could not rely on the valour or fidelity of his Alpine levies, he reluctantly transferred his allegiance to Vespasian.
42, 43.) [W., commonly called Mater Matuta, is usually considered as the goddess of the dawn of morning, and her name is considered to be con­nected with maturus or matutinus (Lucret.
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 Roman Architecture - Circular And Polygonal Temples
The columns are nearly 9 3/4 diameters high, and the capitals, with large and unusual central flower and foliage derived from a crinkly variety of the " acanthus mollis," are one diameter in height.
The difference in treatment between the Temple of Mater Matuta, Rome, and this temple at Tivoli, is accounted for by the difference in their position.
The Roman temple on a low, flat site near the Tiber has slender columns to give it an appearance of height ; whereas the Tivoli temple, perched on the edge of a rocky prominence and thus provided with a lofty natural base, has sturdier columns.
www.oldandsold.com /articles22/architecture-29.shtml   (1686 words)

  
 EVERYWINE.BIZ: MATER MATUTA MAGNUM - CASALE DEL GIGLIO - IGT
Mater Matuta is the work of master winemaker (and almost maniacal perfectionist) Antonio Santarelli.
His genius lies in his ability to intepret the qualities of a marshy terroir such as that of Agropontino, which he openly admits 'does not have any great viticultural traditions to speak of'.
Casale del Giglio Mater Matuta Magnum 2000, IGT
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 mater matuta - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "mater matuta" is defined.
Mater Matuta : Columbia Encyclopedia, Six Edition [home, info]
MATER MATUTA : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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 Vestals
Temple of Vesta, Tivoli, AKA as the temple of the Sibyl; c.80 BCE; Corinthian style.
Temple of Mater Matuta; five Corinthian columns, in Forum Boarium (cattle market).
A silver denarius with th4 bust of Vesta on the reverse, struck by Cassius Longinus, 63 BCE.
www.ancientroute.com /religion/Relig-Subj/vestals.htm   (2348 words)

  
 Matralia with Senex Caecilius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Mistakenly identified with the Greek Ino or Leucothea, Mater Matuta was an ancient Italian goddess associated with the early morn, or dawn.
More information about Mater Matuta and the rites of her festival is provided on this Roman calendar entry for June.
Information about the temple of Mater Matuta is provided by an entry in Platner's A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome.
lonestar.texas.net /~robison/matralia.html   (192 words)

  
 DiWineTaste - Mater Matuta 1999, Casale del Giglio
The finish is very persistent with long and clean flavors of fl cherry, plum, fl currant, plum and blueberry.
Mater Matuta ages in barrique for 22-24 months followed by 6-8 months of aging in bottle.
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 Women's Mysteries
The statue of Mater Matuta was veiled like a patrician matron.
Her left arm cradles a cornucopia, the attribute of Fortuna and Terra Mater.
Bona Dea had two festivals, one on May 1st—a date that was never to relinquish its link with the pagan mysteries—and a nocturnal, movable feast around December 3.
www.suppressedhistories.net /secret_history/womensmysteries.html   (2419 words)

  
 02-01bis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
However, it relies heavily on theory and might well have benefited from a closer examination of the available source material as, for example, in the chapter by North.
The final chapter of this volume first considers the archaeological evidence for Mater Matuta at Satricum and Rome.
He argues that if a reading of Persius' poem can bear the weight of an interpretation suggestive of Mater Matuta or Fortuna without mentioning them then it is indicative of the vibrant interaction of Roman literature with religion.
www.classics.und.ac.za /reviews/0201bis.htm   (1847 words)

  
 THE PROVINCIAL MUSEUM OF CAMPANIA CAPUA - ITALY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The goddess was the "Mater Matuta", ancient Italic deity of the dawn and birth, whilst the "mothers" represented "ex voto" statues, i.e.
Discovered where arose a templum orientated according the four cardinal points, it is dedicated, it is believed, to the great mother Iovia Damusa or Bona Dea patroness of the women in labour, that is also identified with Cerere, goddess of growth, with reference to the agrarian, animal and human fertility.
Others have wanted to identify Mater Matuata, honoured in Rome with the celebration named Matralie.
www.museocampano.it /english/madri.htm   (1240 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.06.30
The final essay in the collection, Christopher Smith's "Worshipping Mater Matuta: ritual and context," is the only contribution which was not part of the original conference.
Smith borrows from literary criticism the idea of intertext, proposing to look at the cult of Mater Matuta within the context of the other cults with which it is associated.
The temple of Juno Lucina was not only the site of an exclusively female festival (the Matronalia) but also a stop along the procession of the Argei and was under the care of the aediles, suggesting that this "feminine" deity was an intrinsic part of the civic religion of early Rome.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2002/2002-06-30.html   (2478 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 735   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
MATRALIA, a festival celebrated at Rome every year on the llth of June, in honour of the goddess Mater Matuta, whose temple stood in the Formn Boarium.
It was celebrated only by Ro­ man matrons, and the sacrifices offered to the god­ dess consisted of cakes baked in pots of earthen­ ware.
17.) The Greek writers and their Roman followers, who identify the Mater Matuta with Leucothea or Ino, explain the ceremonies of the Matralia by means of the mythological stories which relate to these Greek goddesses.
ancientlibrary.com /smith-dgra/0742.html   (898 words)

  
 Greek Mythology: LEUCOTHEA / LEUKOTHEA Goddess of the Ionian Sea ( also Ino Byne Mater Matuta )
Liber [Dionysos] would have her called Leucothea, and Melicertes, her son the god Palaemon, but we call her Mater Matuta, and him Portunus.
While he was being tossed about by the waves, Leucothoe, who we call Mater Matuta, who lives forever in the sea, gave him her girdle to bind around his chest, to buoy him up.
"Ino is to be deemed divine, under the title Leucothea in Greece and Matuta at Rome, she is the daughter of Cadmus." - Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.19
www.theoi.com /Pontios/Leukothea.html   (4317 words)

  
 Mater Matuta - guideofcasinos.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
LacusCurtius • Temple of the Mater Matuta (Platner and Ashby, 1929)
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MATER MATUTA, Nereide Leucotea, dea del mattino, (v.
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 a. d. III Idus Iun. Matronalia
In 396 BCE Camillius Furius vowed to rebuild and dedicate a temple to Mater Matuta, which previously had been dedicated by Servius Tullius in the Forum Boarium (Livy 5.19; 5.23).
A woman selected before hand, who had to be the wife of a first marriage, dressed the statue of Mater Matuta (Tertullian De Monogram.
Special cakes, liba tosta, were offered to Mater Matuta that had been cooked in earthenware pans (Varro L.
www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/354552   (432 words)

  
 Lydia Ruyle
Both sit on a lion throne, symbol of birth and rebirth.
Mater Matuta is holding a wrapped figure, a soul who has returned to the great lap of the mother.
In art, a wrapped form like a mummy represents the soul.
www.lydiaruyle.com /italy.html   (963 words)

  
 MATER MATUTA (connected with Lat. mane, matutinus, " morning ') - Online Information article about MATER MATUTA ...
mane, matutinus, " morning ') - Online Information article about MATER MATUTA (connected with Lat.
Sardinia, placed in the temple of Matuta a See also:
End of Article: MATER MATUTA (connected with Lat.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /MAR_MEC/MATER_MATUTA_connected_with_Lat.html   (421 words)

  
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The statue of the goddess was then crowned with a garland, by one of the matrons who had not yet lost a husband (Tertull.
The Greek writers and their Roman followers, who identify the Mater Matuta with Leucothea or Ino, explain the ceremonies of the
Mater Matuta, who was celebrated today in the festival of the Matralia, she was also associated with the sea harbours and ports.
www.wilsonsalmanac.com /book/jun11.html   (4030 words)

  
 Roman Persecutions
For example, women carried their sisters' children into the temple of Mater Matuta, and the names of paternal relatives were never pronounced in the precincts of Ceres, though the male flamen cerealis presided over her state cult.
State goddesses like Mater Matuta and Fortuna Primigenia embodied patrician norms in elevating matrons of rank and mothers of sons over other women.
An ancient source says that these snakes "neither felt nor inspired fear." Statues of the goddess show a snake coiling around her right arm, drinking from an offering bowl in her hand.
www.suppressedhistories.net /secret_history/roman_persecution.html   (6797 words)

  
 The Etruscan Archeological Museum of Chianciano Terme   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The necropolises discovered in the hills around Chianciano testify to the wealth of their owners; in the graves numerous buccherowares and Attic ceramics have been recovered as well as bronze vases and precious alabaster cinerary urns.
The tombs also revealed the gorgeous cinerary statue, the Mater Matuta, that represents Motherhood, and the cinerary urn whose lid bears the effigy of the deceased accompanied by a winged goddess holding the scroll of destiny in her hand.
Both items are made of "pietra fetida", the local limestone that gets its name from the unpleasant odour that it gives off when being carved.
www.chianciano-terme.com /museo/etrusco/museo-uk.htm   (1438 words)

  
 DiWineTaste - Mater Matuta 2001, Casale del Giglio
DiWineTaste - Mater Matuta 2001, Casale del Giglio
This wine shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, little transparency.
The finish is very persistent with long flavors of fl currant, fl cherry, plum and blueberry.
www.diwinetaste.com /english/WineForm.php?wd=01376   (227 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Mater Matuta (Ancient Religion) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Mater Matuta (Ancient Religion) - Encyclopedia
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 ipedia.com: June 11 Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Kamehameha Day, official state holiday of Hawai'i, United States, in honor of its first monarch, celebrated with floral parades, hula competition and festivals
Roman Empire, Matralia in honor of Mater Matuta
Roman Empire, fifth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
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 Amazon.ca: Books: Antefixa Satricana. Sixth-Century Architectural Teracottas from the Sanctuary of Mater Matura at ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Sixth-Century Architectural Teracottas from the Sanctuary of Mater Matura at Satricum: Sixth-Century Architectural Terracottas from the Sanctuary of Mater Matuta at Satricum (Le Ferriere
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