Ancient legends of Roman history . t indication is given for the place where, onthe day sacred to Dia (the 21st of December), Angeronawas It is not, therefore, accidental that thealtar of Volusia (upon which sacrifices were offered toAngerona) should have been in the Curia Acculeia,—thatis to say, of Acca Since the goddess Angerona,as was befitting a sepulchral deity, was represented with aclosed mouth, it is also clear why Lara and the mother ofthe Lares should have been called Tacita or Muta. Tacitaor Muta had her sacrarium not very far from the fountainof Juturna (
Ancient legends of Roman history . t indication is given for the place where, onthe day sacred to Dia (the 21st of December), Angeronawas It is not, therefore, accidental that thealtar of Volusia (upon which sacrifices were offered toAngerona) should have been in the Curia Acculeia,—thatis to say, of Acca Since the goddess Angerona,as was befitting a sepulchral deity, was represented with aclosed mouth, it is also clear why Lara and the mother ofthe Lares should have been called Tacita or Muta. Tacitaor Muta had her sacrarium not very far from the fountainof Juturna (on the slope of the Palatine), and near thesepulchre of The name Muta or Tacita was veryappropriate to the mother of the Lares,—that is to say,to the goddess of the Manes who have lost their speechand were hence called taciti and * Finally, assum-ing that there was some contact between the worships ofAngerona and Acca Larentia, the nurse of Romulus, it isreadily explained how the popular belief arose that the. THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE PALATINE
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