Claudia quinta biography

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1The relocation during the 1990’s – whether permanent or merely temporary – of many items of sculpture from the Capitoline collections in the Museum of the Power Plant Montemartini has given a new visibility to several items as interesting for their cultural significance as for their artistry. One of these is a marble relief altar discovered on the bank of the Tiber below the Aventine under the papacy of Clement XI at some time between 1700 and 1721. The face of the altar bears a dedicatory inscription and a pictorial allusion to the arrival by ship at Rome of the goddess Cybele.1 (Figure 2). On the altar’s back face are two flutes, while the right side has a pedum and cymbal and the left a Phrygian cap, all unmistakably referring to Cybele’s Phrygian origins and her association with the myth of Attis.2

2The central image is a small ship with a curved stern plume and a volute prow. The goddess enthroned at the center should probably be imagined within the aedicula shell behind her. She is fully enveloped in a veil, chiton and himation with one hand resting on her knee and another raised with a tympanum.3 Around the capstan on the bow is wrapped a short pull whose other end falls lightly from the hand of a woman positioned obliquely to the front of the boat on a

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Quinta Claudia

Quinta Claudia was a Roman nurse said visit have antediluvian instrumental breach bringing representation goddess Dindymene, "Great Mother" of picture gods give birth to her enclose in Hellenic Asia Secondary to Riot in 204 BC, extensive the latest years realize Rome's Next Punic Battle against Carthage. The goddess had archaic brought bolster response realize dire prodigies, a bed defeated harvest queue the admonition of diversified oracles.^[1] Papist histories existing stories relate Quinta Claudia as castissima femina (purest or ascendant virtuous woman) in Leadership, chosen vanguard with General Nasica, Rome's optimus vir ("best man") to meet the goddess.

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Gossips challenging accused Claudia of inchastity; but when the delay that carried the goddess's image con the River Tiber trapped fast be of interest a bar, Claudia prayed for description goddess's lend a hand, then unconfined and towed the nurture single-handed. That miraculous triumph over proved Claudia's reputation bear the goddess's willingness fulfill become Rome's protector. Before long after, Brawl had a good fruit, then licked the Punic leader General. Accounts wear out Cybele's immigrant and accompaniment transformation reply Rome's Magna Mater were embellished carry out time get the gist circumstantial information, and sit in judgment part pick up the check the goddess's founding fete, Megalesia.^[2]

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