McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Annona

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Annona


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in Roman mythology, is the blessed goddess of the yearly harvest. She was prayed to for rich gifts of the field and cheap prices of food, and was represented as a female, her right shoulder bare, otherwise dressed. In her right hand she carried an ear of corn, in the left a cornucopia.