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 | | It had its source in the central Apennines, only a few miles from the Lacus Fucinus (modern Lake Fucino), of which it has been sometimes, but erroneously, regarded as a subterranean outlet. |
 | | At the mouth of the Liris near Minturnae, was an extensive sacred grove consecrated to Marica, a nymph or local divinity, who was represented by a tradition, adopted by Virgil, as mother of Latinus, while others identified her with Circe. |
 | | 39) were not only objects of great veneration to the people of the neighboring town of Minturnae, but appear to have enjoyed considerable celebrity with the Romans themselves. |
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