Camēnae, Italian goddesses perhaps originally associated with water, and identified with the Greek Muses since Livius Andronicus invoked the Camenae at the beginning of his Latin translation of Homer's Odyssey. They had a grove and a spring outside the Porta Capena at Rome from which the Vestals drew water daily for their rites.
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Camenae (kəmē'nē), in Roman religion and mythology, water nymphs gifted in prophecy. At Rome they had a sacred spring from which the vestals drew water for their rites. In later myth they were identified with the Greek Muses.
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In Roman mythology, the Camenae were originally goddesses of springs, wells and fountains, or water nymphs of Venus. They were wise, and sometimes gave prophecies of the future. There were four Camenae: Carmenta, Egeria, Porrima or Antevorta, and Postverta or Postvorta. They were worshipped in the sacred forest known as Porta Capena near Rome. Carmentia or Carmentis was the chief among the nymphs, the spring and grove outside the Porta Capena was dedicated to her. On her festival day, the Carmentalia which fell on January the 11th and 15th, Vestal Virgins drew water from that spring for the rites. They were later identified with the Greek Muses.
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