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In this function, Ἄρτεμις--Diana--was identified with Juno Lucina. Cf. Catull. 34.9, Tu Lucina dolentibus| Iuno dicta puerperis,| tu potens trivia et notho es| dicta lumine luna. puellas: here used of young married women; so Ov. Am. 2.13.19, tuque laborantis utero miserata puellas.


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