OCRISIA, in fabulous history, the wife of Corniculus, was one of the attendants of Tanaquil the wife of Tarquinius
Ocrisia.
Octavia.
Tarquinius Priscus. As she was throwing into the flames, for offerings, some of the meats that were served on the table of Tarquinius, she suddenly saw, as is reported, in the fire, what Ovid calls obsceni forma virilis. She informed the queen of it; and when by her command she had approached near it, she conceived a son who was named Servius Tullius, and was educated in the king's family. He afterwards succeeded to the vacant throne. Some suppose that Vulcan had assumed that form which was presented to the eyes of Ocrisia, and that this god was the father of the sixth king of Rome.