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NOUMIKIOS

Greek Name

Νουμικιος

Transliteration

Noumikios

Latin Spelling

Numicius

Translation

River Numicius

NOUMIKIOS (Numicius) was a river-god of Latium in central Italy.

The Noumikios was a small Latin river which flowed into the sea between the towns of Lavinium and Ardea. Other personified Latin rivers include the Tiberos (Tiber) of Rome.

PARENTS

Presumably OKEANOS & TETHYS

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Ovid, Metamorphoses 14. 599 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) :
"Carried by her doves across the sky, [Aphrodite] reached the Laurentian coast, where though his thatch of reeds Numicius' river winds his way down to the neighbouring shore. She bade the River wash from [her mortal son] Aeneas all that death could waste and waft it in his silent stream to sea. Obeying Venus' [Aphrodite's] bidding the horned god purged in his waters every mortal part and washed it all away--the best remained. So purified, his mother anointed him with heavenly perfume and . . . made her son a god."

God of	The River Numicius
Home	River Numicius in Latium