Anxurus was an Italian divinity, who was worshipped in a grove near Anxur (modern Terracina) together with the goddess Feronia. He was regarded as a youthful Jupiter, and Feronia as Juno. [1] On coins his name appears as "Axur" or "Anxur". [2] [3] There exists in Terracina the ruins of a temple to Jupiter Anxurus. [4]
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- ^ Arnold Drakenborch, ad Sil. Ital. 8.392
- ^ Andreas Morell, Thesaurus Morellianus Num. ii. tab. 2
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"Anxurus". In
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 219.
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