Thematic Guidance “Roman Goddesses” through the Exhibition “Femina Balcanica”

Thematic guidance through the exhibition “Femina Balcanica: Mater, Matrona, Augusta, Dea. Woman on the Balkans in Antiquity” of the National Museum of Serbia, refers to the topic “Roman Goddesses” and will be organized on Wednesday, April 3rd, Friday, April 5th 2024, at 6 p.m., as well as on Saturday, April 6th, 2024, at 11 a.m. Tatjana Mihailović, PhD, museum advisor of the National Museum Kraljevo, and art historian Jelena Marković will guide you through the part of the exhibition that relates to the female deities of antiquity.

The female deities of the Roman world are connected by universal principles – prosperity, protection of nature, family, especially women and children, as well as survival itself and the relationship to life and death. They were revered in homes and in sacred places in nature (near springs and in groves), and sanctuaries and temples were built for them. You can find out about the cults of Hygia, Diana, Venus, Isis, Cybele, Juno, Minerva, Vesta and others on the thematic guide “Roman Goddesses”.