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Definition of Rea silvia
1. Noun. (Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rea Silvia
Literary usage of Rea silvia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"Legend of rea silvia, and birth of the Twins. § 5. Legend of recognition of Twins
by Numitor. § 6. Legend of the quarrel of Romulus and Remus. ..."
2. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"2. Legend of .KIHM -. § 3. Legend of Ascanius. § 4. Legend of rea silvia, and
birth of the Twins. § 5. Legend of recognition of Twins by Numitor. § 6. ..."
3. An Epitome of Niebuhr's History of Rome: With Chronological Tables and an by Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1836)
"... is always the daughter of /Eneas, when rea silvia, an Alban princess, and that
Rea is never called Ilia. rea silvia has no connection with ..."
4. The Occult Sciences: The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles by Eusèbe Salverte (1847)
"... rea silvia, who became the mother of Romulus and Remus.* CHAPTER IV. Heal but
rare Phenomena successfully held up as Prodigies proceeding from the ..."
5. The Occult Sciences: The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies, and Apparent Miracles by Eus'ebe Salverte (1847)
"... the tradition preserved by two grave historians, that the ferocious Aurelius
violated his niece, rea silvia, who became the mother of Romulus and Remus. ..."
6. Lectures on the History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Fall of the by Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Leonhard Schmitz (1852)
"Numitor and Amulius were contending for the throne of Alba.6 Amulius took possession
of the throne, and made rea silvia, the daughter of Numitor, ..."
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