Bellona

Bellona

Bellona (Bello´na), the goddess of war, and wife of Mars. The 24th March was called Bellona’s Day, when her votaries cut themselves with knives and drank the blood of the sacrifice.

“In Dirae’s and in Discord’s steps Bellona treads,
And shakes her iron rod above their heads.”

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