ARICINA, in Mythology, a surname of Diana; under which appellation she was honoured in the forest Aricine, so called from Aricia a princess of the blood royal of Athens. Hippolytus, to whom this princess was married, is said to have erected a temple to Diana in this forest, where he was concealed after his resurrection by Esculapius, and to have established a priest and festivals.
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