Albunea

Albŭnĕa, also Albūna, ae, f. [v. albus],

• a fountain at Tibur gushing up between steep rocks (or poet., the nymph who dwelt there), near to which was the villa of Horace: domus Albuneae resonantis, * Hor. C. 1, 7, 12; * Verg. A. 7, 83; cf. Müll. Roms Camp. 1, 238 and 239.—
• • • 2 A sibyl worshipped in a grove at Tibur, Lact. 1, 6, 12: Albuna, Tib. 2, 5, 69, where now Müll. reads Aniena.

Albunea, ae, f., eine weissagende Nymphe (später zur Sibylle gemacht), der eine der schwefelhaltigen Quellen (Albunea; vgl. Albula no. II. unter albulus) auf der Höhe von Tibur (wahrsch. j. acqua solforata d'Altieri) geweiht war, sowie eine »Grotte« (Albuneae domus, wahrsch. j. Grotta di Nettuno), ein »Hain« des Faunus an einem Abhange von Tibur u. ein (noch jetzt stehender) »Tempel« über dem Abgrund, in den der Anio stürtzt, Verg. Aen. 7, 82–84. Hor. carm. 1, 7, 12. Lact. 1, 6, 12; vgl. Dissen Tibull. 2, 5, 69. Preller Röm. Mythol³ Bd. 1. S. 383 u. Bd. 2. S. 139.

Albŭnĕa, (15) æ, f. , ¶ 1 source jaillissant près de Tibur : Hor. O. 1, 7, 12 ; Virg. En. 7, 83 ¶ 2 sibylle honorée dans les bois de Tibur : Lact. Inst. 1, 6, 12.

Albu'nea

a prophetic nymph or Sibyl, to whom in the neighbourhood of Tibur a grove was consecrated, with a well and a temple. Near it was the oracle of Faunus Fatidicus. (Verg. A. 7.81, &c.; Hor. Carm. 1.7.12; Tib. 2.5. 69.) Lactantius (De Sibyll. 1.6) states, that the tenth Sibyl, called Albunea, was worshipped at Tibur, and that her image, holding a book in one hand, was found in the bed of the river Anio. Her series, or oracles, which belonged to the libri fatales, were, at the command of the senate, deposited and kept in the Capitol. The small square temple of this Sibyl is still extant at Tivoli. Respecting the locality, see Kephalides, Reisen durch Italien, i. p. 125, &c. [L.S]

Albunĕa

See Albula Aqua.