Camilla (mythology)

In Roman folklore, Queen Camilla of the Volsci was the daughter of King Metabus.

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Roman folklore - Volsci - Daughter - Metabus

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She helped her ally, King Turnus of the Rutuli fight Aeneas and the Trojans in the war sparked by the courting of Princess Lavinia.

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Turnus - Rutuli - Aeneas - Lavinia

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Virgil claimed she was so fast she could run across the sea without getting her feet wet and run across a field of grain without bending any of the plants (Aeneid, VII, 803).

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Virgil - Grain - Aeneid

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