Rea Silvia

The name Rea Silvia is ancient, but Rea is only a surname: _rea femmina_ often occurs in Boccaccio, and is used to this day in Tuscany to designate a woman whose reputation is blighted; a priestess Rea is described by Vergil as having been overpowered by Hercules.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

One grisaille with a young woman holding a bouncing boy may represent Rea Silvia or Ino, carrying young Jupiter, or perhaps Bacchus.

Correggio's Conundrum 2010

Adding crime to crime, he murdered his brother's sons and made the daughter, Rea Silvia, a Vestal virgin; thus, under the presence of honouring her, depriving her of all hopes of issue.

The History of Rome, Vol. I 1905

That this poetry is very ancient cannot be doubted; but did the legend at all times describe Romulus as the son of Rea Silvia or

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

Ilia never occurs together, and that Rea Silvia was a daughter of

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

Amulius took possession of the throne, and made Rea Silvia, the daughter of Numitor,

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

Amulius himself, in disguise, violated Rea Silvia amid thunder and lightning produced by artifice.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885