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Happy Lupercalia (2011)
- tomcooks 9y agoAbout the she-wolf that raised Romulus and Remus: keep in mind that said she-wolf was most probably a prostitute, rather than an animal[0], much to the disdain of medieval clergy and dictators infatuated with mythology. [0](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupa)
- empath75 9y agoIf that’s the case, then almost all the Roman writers were also confused about it, as well as various Roman sculptors.
- erric 9y agoCan't she be both?
- lou1306 9y agoThe story about the twins being raised by a prostitute (whose name was Acca Larentia, by the way) was already well-known in Roman times. > Sunt qui Larentiam volgato corpore lupam inter pastores vocatam putent; inde locum fabulae ac miraculo datum. > Some writers think that Larentia, from her unchaste life, had got the nickname of "She-wolf" amongst the shepherds, and that this was the origin of the marvellous story. (Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, I.4) Probably, people just kept using the legend of the she-wolf to symbolize the might of Rome.