Nerio

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Nerio was a goddess of the Roman religion . Their name comes from the Sabine language , Sabine , and means "strong". She was worshiped together with Mars and therefore from the 2nd century BC onwards. Considered his wife under the influence of Greek mythological ideas. Historically, she was probably at first just the personification of the strength and power of Mars. She was later connected to Minerva , whose cult completely superimposed that of Nerio, which must have already happened in archaic times.

literature

• Ernst Marbach : Nerio . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVII, 1, Stuttgart 1936, Sp. 32-35.
• Gerhard Radke : Nerio . In: Der Kleine Pauly , Vol. 4, 1972, Col. 70.
• Georg Wissowa : Religion and cult of the Romans. Beck, Munich 1902, p. 134 ( Handbook of Classical Ancient Science V, 4).