CORNISCAE
a grove or shrine on the right bank of the Tiber, dedicated to
the Corniscae, the sacred crows in the service of Juno. Fest. 64:
Corniscarum divarum locus (lucus, Dac.) erat trans Tiberim cornicibus
dicatus quod in Iunonis tutela esse putabantur; CIL i 2. 975=vi. 96
(=30691):
devas Corniscas sacrum on a terminal cippus found in
Trastevere. (Cf. i 2. 976 =vi. 30858: Coronicei T. Terentius donom mereto
dedet-
Mitt. 1895, 63.) Nothing more is known of this cult centre
(HJ 626;
RE iv. 1633; WR 189;
Rosch. i. 930).
In Catull. 25. 5, it has been proposed to read
cum Diva Mulier alites
(Ellis, aries, noting that the passage is corrupt)
ostendit oscitantes, and
to refer it to this cult (
Mnemos. 1909, 322).
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