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Monêta
Adler number: mu,1220
Translated headword: Moneta, Coinage
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Hera amongst the Romans [sc. acquired this name] for the following reason. The Romans, in need of money during the war against Pyrrhus and the men of Taras,[1] prayed to Hera; and [the story goes that] she replied to them that if they hold out against the arms [of the enemy] with justice they would not go short of money. Successful, then, in their request, the Romans honoured Hera Moneta, that is advisor, having determined to stamp the coinage in her temple.
Greek Original:Monêta: hê Hêra para Rhômaiois ex aitias toiasde. Rhômaioi deêthentes chrêmatôn en tôi pros Purron kai Tarantinous polemôi êuxanto têi Hêrai: tên de chrêsai autois, ei tôn hoplôn anthexontai meta dikaiosunês, chrêmata autois mê epileipsein. tuchontes oun hoi Rhômaioi tês aitêseôs etimêsan Hêran Monêtan, toutesti sumboulon, to nomisma en tôi hierôi autês horisantes charattesthai.
Notes:
This etymological explanation -- invoking the Latin verb
moneo ('warn', 'advise') -- is only one of the explanations of the epithet Moneta. Other stories, besides, place the origins of the cult well before the episode described here. See in brief OCD(4) s.v. Juno.
[1] i.e.
Tarentum (in Puglia, southern Italy, modern-day Taranto; cf.
tau 112 and
tau 113). The action described occurred in the 280s BCE.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 October 2003@05:00:53.
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