that Larentia was neither the wife of Faustulus nor the consort of Hercules, but a courtesan called lupa by the shepherds. Lupa literally means "she-wolf", although the word colloquially meant "prostitute". The legend also states that she left the fortune she amassed through prostitution to the Roman people.

Connection to Lares

Whatever may be thought of the contradictory accounts of Acca Larentia, it seems clear that she was of Etruscan

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