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Murcia (deity)
Murcia was a little-known goddess in ancient Rome. Her name occurs as a surname of Venus.〔Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology〕
According to Livy〔Livy, ''Ab urbe condita'', 1:33〕 she had a temple at the foot of the Aventine Hill near to the Palatine Hill. ''Murcus'' is said to have been an old name for the Aventine Hill itself;〔Paulus Diaconus, Epitoma Festi, p. 148M〕 hence the adjective ''murtius'' (= ''murcius'') was applied to the turning-posts of the Circus Maximus, which was also situated in a valley between the Aventine and the Palatine Hills.〔Apuleius, ''Metamorphoses'', 6. 8〕
The name Murcia was linked to the name of the myrtle tree (Latin ''myrtus'') by folk etymology; hence the spellings Murtia and Murtea. This association with myrtle, which was a sign of Venus, led to her naming as "Venus of the Myrtles".〔Pliny the Elder, ''Naturalis Historia'', XV. 36〕〔Plutarch, ''Quaestiones Romanae'', 20〕 Christian writers, in their turn, connected Murcia with the adjective ''murcus'' or ''murcidus'' "lazy, inactive", thus interpreting her as a "goddess of sloth and laziness".〔Augustine, ''De civitate Dei'', IV. 16〕〔Arnobius, ''Adversus Nationes'', IV. 9〕
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