Ops
Roman · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Roman goddess of abundance and wealth, consort of Saturn, akin to Rhea.
Parentage
- parent: AetherThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
- mother: TellusThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
Children
Domains
- abundance and wealth
Powers
- Bestows the wealth and plenty of the harvest
Epithets
- Ops Consiva 'Ops the Sower/Storer' — archaic cult-title of the abundance-goddess, with the Opiconsivia festival (Aug 25)Varro, On the Latin Language 6.21 (primary); Festus, s.v. Opima spolia / Consivia (primary)
Relations
- spouse: SaturnOps consort of Saturn; their children (Pluto, Vesta) already carry both as parents in the registry.Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10.20; Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.57-64 (primary)
- parent: AetherThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
- mother: TellusThe transmitted Latin genealogy; Greek parentage is not substituted.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface (primary)
- counterpart of: RheaLatin mythographic counterpart of the Greek record; identities and accounts remain distinct.Hyginus, Fabulae, Preface; Hesiod, Theogony 453–458, 912–939 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.64 (primary)