Suadela

In Roman mythology, Suadela (or Suada) was a goddess of persuasion, particularly in romance, seduction and love. She was strongly associated with Venus. Her Greek name was Peitho.[1] Sometimes she is associated with or counted as one of the Graces.[2] Plutarch observed in his Quaestiones Romanae (part of Moralia) that the married couple had need of five gods: Nuptial Jupiter, Nuptial Juno, Venus, Suada, and above all Diana, whom women call upon in childbirth.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mayo, Robert (1819). A new system of mythology: in three volumes; giving a full account of the idolatry of the pagan world; Vol. 3. Philadelphia.
  2. ↑ Francis Lieber, ed. (1835). "Suada, or Suadela". Encyclopædia Americana. 12 ("New Edition" ed.). Philadelphia. p. 37.
  3. ↑ Quaestiones Romanae, sect.2
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