{"id":73,"date":"2015-12-06T00:58:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T00:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/arth310rdiana\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2015-12-24T06:00:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T06:00:39","slug":"diana-trivia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/arth310rdiana\/diana-trivia\/","title":{"rendered":"Diana Trivia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trivia is another epithet for Diana, and according to Green, it is the earliest of her epithets. It comes from the Latin word trivium,<\/em> which translates as \u201ccrossroads.\u201d Diana Trivia is the guardian of the crossroads, specifically ones in the wild that split into three 1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Diana Trivia is in her own category because she represents all three aspects of Diana as huntress, the moon, and queen of the underworld. While her name is often considered synonymous with Hecate\u2019s, she cannot be fully equated with her. In Seneca\u2019s Medea<\/em>, the witch calls on a specific aspect of Trivia for her spell:<\/p>\n

\u201cI see Trivia\u2019s swift gliding car, not as when, radiant, with full face, she drives the livelong night, but as when, ghastly, with mournful aspect, harried by Thessalian threats, she skirts with nearer rein the edge of heaven. So do though wanly shed form thy torch a gloomy light through air; terrify the peoples with new dread, and let precious Corinthian bronzes resound, Dictynna, to thy aid. To thee on the altar\u2019s bloody turf we perform thy solemn rites.\u201d 2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

When Medea calls Trivia, she is referring to the triple goddess Hecate, Selene, and Diana. She first describes Selene the moon in her \u201cswift gliding car,\u201d with her \u201cfull face\u201d referring to the full moon. She makes it clear that Selene is not the one\u00a0she needs in this moment; Hecate is.<\/p>\n

The crossroads is present in all three forms of the triple goddess. It refers to the paths in the woods that hunters<\/a> may come upon, specifically at night guided only by the light of the\u00a0moon<\/a>\u00a03<\/a><\/sup>. It refers to the dangers of making choices in the dark, meaning without properly understanding the situation at hand 4<\/a><\/sup>. More literally, Trivia pointed the way to the underworld<\/a> 5<\/a><\/sup> but she was not necessarily the bringer of death that the moon and Hecate were. Diana Trivia, a triple goddess herself, transitioned those who called on her from one place to another, whether it was literal\u00a0or metaphorical.<\/p>\n

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  1. C.M.C. Green, Roman Religion and the Cult of Diana at Aricia<\/em> (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007),\u00a0128. ↵<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Seneca, \u201cMedea,\u201d Translated by Frank Justice Miller, Theoi<\/em>, http:\/\/www.theoi.com\/Text\/SenecaMedea.html. ↵<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Green, Roman Religion and the Cult of Diana at Aricia,<\/em>129. ↵<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Green, Roman Religion and the Cult of Diana at Aricia<\/em>, 290. ↵<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Green, Roman Religion and the Cult of Diana at Aricia<\/em>, 128. ↵<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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