In Roman folklore, Queen Camilla of the Volsci was the daughter of King Metabus and Casmilla. Roman mythology, the mythological beliefs of the people of Ancient Rome, can be considered as having two parts. ... The Volsci were an ancient Italic people, well known in the history of the first century of the Roman Republic. ... Note: Daughters is also a band. ... In Roman mythology, King Metabus of the Volsci was the father of Camilla. ...
She helped her ally, King Turnus of the Rutuli, fight Aeneas and the Trojans in the war sparked by the courting of Princess Lavinia. She was eventually killed by Arruns. In Roman mythology, King Turnus of the Rutuli was an ancient king killed by Aeneas. ... The Rutuli were members of a legendary Italian tribe. ... Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598. ... In Roman mythology, Lavinia was the daughter of Latinus and Amata. ...
Virgil claimed she was so fast she could run across the sea without getting her feet wet and run across a field of grain without bending any of the plants (Aeneid, VII, 803). A sculpture of Virgil, probably from the 1st century AD. For other uses, see Virgil (disambiguation). ... This article is about grains in general. ... The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BCE (between 29 and 19 BCE) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy where he became the ancestor of the Romans. ...
In Roman mythologyCamilla, the Amazon-like virgin warrior was raised in the wilderness by her father Metabus, king of the Volscians in Italy.
When Camilla was a baby her father, fleeing with her from enemies, came to a flooded river.
He tied Camilla to his spear and threw it and baby to the opposite bank, vowing that if the infant survived he would dedicate her to the service of the goddess Diana.
Ascanius In Greek and Roman mythology, Ascanius was a son of Aeneas and Creusa.
Here he bred up the infant Camilla, the sole companion of his flight; and, having dedicated her to the service of Diana, he instructed her in the use of the bow and arrow, and accustomed her to the practice of martial and sylvan exercises.
Diana, however, who had foreseen this fatal event, had commissioned Opis, one of her nymphs, to avenge the death of Camilla, and Aruns was slain in his flight from the combat by the arrows of the goddess.
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