Virbius
Virbius is a god associated with a region that was extremely important in Roman and pre-Roman mythology and religion. Ariccia is the center of this region, which owes its importance to Virbius.
↻ synthesized from 5 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worshiped in Roman and pre-Roman times.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Diana Aricina, Rex Nemorensis, Anaïtis, Angelos, Aphaea, Aeginaea, Aetole, Agoraea, Despoinai, Agrotera, Alphaea, Amarynthia, Amphipyros, Apanchomene, Helene, Dentritis, Kondyleatis, Aricina, Isis, Demeter, Artemis (Diana), Egeria, Ariadne, Britomartis, Alpheus
- allied with
- Diana, Diana Nemorensis
- manifests as
- Hippolytus
- syncretized with
- Sol/Helios, Hippolytus
- consort of
- Aricia
- manifested by
- Hippolytus
- child of
- Theseus
- student of
- Asclepius
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Ancient legend connects the town's name and Aricia, the wife of Hippolytus (Virbius), the Roman forest god who lived in the sacred forests near Aricia.”
#19757 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the Nemoralia celebrated a descent of Diana into the underworld in search of Hippolytus or Virbius, followed by her ascent as queen of heaven and the full moon on the third day.”
#19875 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In Roman mythology, Hippolytus was deified as the god Virbius; Artemis was the Greek name of the goddess identified with the Roman Diana. A possible allusion to the origins of the priesthood at Nemi is contained in Vergil's Aeneid, as Virgil places Hippolytus at the grove of Aricia.”
#19901 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“During a later phase of Hellenization, Virbius, one of two figures associated with the ancient cult of Diana Nemorensis (the other being Egeria), was assimilated to the Hippolytus, as a metamorphosis. He there ruled as "Virbius" from inside the shrine of Diana.”
#42564 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Aricina, derived from the town Aricia in Latium, or from Aricia, the wife of the Roman forest god Virbius (Hippolytus).”
#42938 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001