Acca Larentia
deity earth Roman corroborated · 4
Acca Larentia was a Roman goddess considered akin to Angerona by modern scholars. She is mentioned as one of the goddesses with similar characteristics to Angerona.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 700 BCE
- Attested period
- -700 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Regarded by modern scholars as a goddess akin to Angerona.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Orbona, Pellonia, Fessonia, Tacita, Lara/Larunda, Bellona, Ops, Dea Dia, Volupia, Hercules
- allied with
- Romulus
- syncretized with
- Angerona
Mentioned by
Sources
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Modern scholars regard Angerona as a goddess akin to Ops, Acca Larentia, and Dea Dia”
#10803 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Lara/Larunda is also sometimes associated with Acca Larentia whose feast day was the Larentalia on December 23.”
#12762 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to some, Acca Larentia was the mother of the Lares, and, like Ceres, Tellus, Flora and others, symbolized the fertility of the earth.”
#43606 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
“The possible presence of the Flamen Quirinalis at the festival of Acca Larentia would corroborate this thesis, given the fact that Romulus is a stepson of hers”
#46279 · extracted by google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free