god
Bellona
The Roman goddess of war, depicted brandishing a bloody scourge; Seneca's image of personified anger.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §73 Bellona
The Roman goddess of war, who follows crime with bloodied hand.
- On Mercy §1.12 temple of Bellona
Shrine of the Roman war-goddess in the Campus Martius, beside which Sulla had thousands of prisoners massacred within earshot of the senate.
- On Anger §2.35 Bellona
Roman war-goddess shown brandishing a bloody scourge; a poetic image of personified anger.
- Hercules on Oeta §1315 let Bellona burst
Bellona, Roman goddess of war, whom Hercules summons to kill him.