Anxurus

"Axur" redirects here. For the opera by Antonio Salieri, see Axur, re d'Ormus.

Anxurus was an Italian divinity, who was worshipped in a grove near Anxur (modern Terracina) together with the goddess Feronia. He was regarded as a youthful Jupiter, and Feronia as Juno.[1] On coins his name appears as "Axur" or "Anxur".[2][3] There exists in Terracina the ruins of a temple to Jupiter Anxurus.[4]

  1. ^ Maurus Servius Honoratus, On the Aeneid 7.799
  2. ^ Arnold Drakenborch, ad Sil. Ital. 8.392
  3. ^ Andreas Morell, Thesaurus Morellianus Num. ii. tab. 2
  4. ^ Kahn, Robert (2001). Florence, Venice & the Towns of Italy. City Secrets. Vol. 2. New York Review Books. p. 293. ISBN 9781892145017. Retrieved 2016-02-16.