Nuttall Encyclopedia Quotes

Nuttall encyclopedia quote, no. 3251

CAMILLA

(1) a virgin queen of the Volsci, one of the heroines in the "Æneid," noted for her preternatural fleetness on the racecourse, and her grace; (2) also a sister of the HORATII (q. v.), killed by her brother because she wept at the death of her affiancé, one of the CURIATII (q. v.), whom the Horatii slew.