This was sent by a reader... just wait until you read the part about Diana avenging Camilla....
Boy... how interesting... and you thought all of this just happened naturally... Maybe Camilla was named properly... remember, she comes from a family that has a long history of dallying with royals!!
R.
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Re: IS CAMILLA THE WHEAT GODDESS CERES, OR AN ....
I did some digging on the name camilla...this was interesting...
CAMILLA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Italian, Ancient Roman, Roman Mythology
Pronounced: ka-MIL-a (English), kah-MEEL-ah (Italian) [key]
Feminine form of CAMILLUS. This was the name of a legendary warrior maiden of
the Volscians, as told by Virgil in the 'Aeneid'.
CAMILLUS
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Ancient Roman
Pronounced: ka-MIL-us [key]
Roman family name, which is sometimes claimed to mean "attendant at a religious
service" in Latin but may actually be of unknown Etruscan origin.
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CAMILLA (f) Feminine form of CAMILLUS. This was the name of a legendary warrior
maiden of the Volscians, as told by Virgil in the 'Aeneid'.
- Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names
Favorite Excerpts
And then there were a pair, boy and girl. I saw them together a great deal, and
at first I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, until one day I saw them
up close and realized they had to be siblings. Later I learned they were twins.
They looked very much alike, with heavy dark-blond hair and epicene faces as
clear, as cheerful and grave, as a couple of Flemish angels. And perhaps most
unusual in the context of Hampden--where pseudo-intellects and teenage
decadents abounded, and where black clothing was de regueur-- they liked to
wear pale clothes, particularly white. In this swarm of cigarettes and dark
sophistication they appeared here and there like figures from an allegory, or
long-dead celebrants from some forgotten garden party.
Charles and Camilla are orphans (how I longed for this harsh fate!) reared by
grandmothers and great-aunts in a house in Virginia: a childhood I like to
think about, with horses and rivers and sweet-gum trees.
- Donna Tartt, The Secret History
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Charles Macaulay
Flemish Angels ++ Click to view larger image ++
CHARLES (m) From the Germanic name Karl, which was derived from a Germanic word
which meant "man" (cognate with the Old English word ceorl). The most
noteworthy bearer of this name was Charles the Great, commonly known as
Charlemagne, a king of the Franks who came to rule over most of Europe. Several
Holy Roman Emperors bore this name, as well as kings of England, France, Spain,
Portugal, Sweden and Hungary. Other famous bearers include naturalist Charles
Darwin who revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution, and novelist
Charles Dickens who wrote such works as 'Great Expectations' and 'A Tale of Two
Cities'.
- Behind the Name - the Etymology and History of First Names
http://www.purpleglitter.com/donna_tartt/characters_camilla_macaulay.html
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Ok, if charles mean 'man',could that denote a reference to Adam,the first
man?!Remember Jesus was/is referred to as the second Adam!-CW
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Camilla
Warrior maiden, leader of the Volscians, first mentioned in the catalogue of
Turnus's army at the end of book vii. Vergil, our only source for Camilla,
tells us that her father, Metabus, in flight from his native land of Privernum,
saved her life as a baby and dedicated it to the goddess Diana by strapping her
to a javelin and throwing her across the river Amasenus. She is killed by the
Etruscan Arruns in book xi. Her name may be etymologically related to camilla,
girl-attendant of a priest.
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~jfarrell/temp/vp/july31/pamnames.txt
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Diane&CamillaConnection
Roman Mythology - Diana and Camilla:
Diane
The Roman goddess Diana was not only the chaste goddess of the hunt (possible
connection: Betty Elms), but she was also the nurturer of children and feminine
values, and protector of the weak and vulnerable.
Diana did not have particularly satisfying relationships with men; she
frequently sought companionship from women friends, and was portrayed by
artists as bathing alone or in the company of nymphs. She was worshipped
especially by women, no man was allowed to enter her temple.
Camilla
In Roman mythology Camilla, the Amazon-like virgin warrior was raised in the
wilderness by her father Metabus, king of the Volscians in Italy. Her exploits
appear at the end of Virgil's 'Aeneid'. When Camilla was a baby her father,
fleeing with her from enemies, came to a flooded river. He tied Camilla to his
spear and threw it and baby to the opposite bank, vowing that if the infant
survived he would dedicate her to the service of the goddess Diana. Many
mothers sought Camilla for a daughter-in-law, but she continued faithful to
Diana and repelled the thought of marriage.
DIANE-CAMILLA-CONNECTION
Camilla was a favorite of the goddess Diana. Grown up, Camilla deserts the safe
forest groves of her divine protector and becomes the bulwark of the Latins'
defense against the Trojans. When she is mortally wounded, her patron Diana
avenges her:
"The goddess Diana, as she sat in heaven, said to Opis, who was chief of the
nymphs who waited on her: "Opis, Camilla goes to fight in this war. Would that
she had not thought of it! There is not a girl in Italy that I love more, and
have loved ever since she was a child. But her fate is on her, and she must
die. Now I give you this charge. Go down to the Latin land, where they are
beginning just now this evil war; take with you your bow and your arrows, and
see that any man who harms her shall himself be slain. And when she is dead no
man shall spoil her of her arms; but I will carry back her body to her native
land." (The Aeneid for Boys and Girls)
Aeneid XI, 881-891 (Fitzgerald translation):
Amid the carnage, like an Amazon,
Camilla rode exultant, one breast bared
For fighting ease, her quiver at her back.
At times she flung slim javelins thick and fast,
At times, tireless, caught up her two-edged axe.
The golden bow, Diana's weapon, rang
Upon her shoulders: yes, when she gave ground,
Forced to retreat, with bow unslung in flight
She turned and aimed her arrows. At her side
Rode chosen comrads, virgins all: Larina,
Tulla, Tarpeia shaking her bronze axe.
http://www.mulholland-drive.net/load.htm?threads/diane_camilla.htm
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CAMILLA 'little comb,' fiery one,' 'drinking vessel'
Great ancestress of the Volscians of ancient Latium, an Amazon queen who was
suckled by a mare and grew
into a great hunter and runner. Fighting bare breasted and loose haired in the
grand tradition of successful
Amazon leaders, her honour guard included Larina, Tulla, Tarpeia, and Opis (all
named for demoted Goddesses).
She led the fight against the invaders led by Aeneas.
http://www.amazonation.com/FamousAmazons.html
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