[759] ‘Angitia,’ not ‘Anguitia’ is the spelling of this name attested by inscriptions and the best MSS. The spelling ‘Anguitia’ probably arose from a supposed connexion of the name with “anguis:” it is more probably connected with “ancus.” The chief seat of the worship of this goddess was the shore of the lake Fucinus: but inscriptions “Angitiis,” “Angitiae,” “Dis . . . Ancitibus,” have been found elsewhere. (Preller, Römische Mythologie. p. 362.) She was said to be a daughter of Aeetes, sister or niece of Circe and sister of Medea, who taught the Marsians the use of drugs. Comp. the connexion of Circe with Italy v. 10 above.
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