H. H. J. Brouwer's Bona Dea: The Sources and a Description of the Cult is a specialist scholarly monograph systematically assembling the surviving literary, epigraphic and archaeological evidence for the Roman goddess Bona Dea and her exclusively female cult practices, published by Brill in its recognized classical studies series. Its authority rests on comprehensive primary-source compilation, gathering scattered ancient testimony that no single ancient author preserved in full. Because so much of what is known about Bona Dea's rites comes from outsider accounts, notably Cicero's hostile reporting on the Clodius scandal, Brouwer's own study is careful to flag where the ancient evidence itself is fragmentary, secondhand or polemically motivated rather than firsthand description by an initiated participant.
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Reliability tier 1: a specialist scholarly monograph systematically assembling the surviving ancient evidence, published in a recognized classical studies series. NotesScholarly study collecting and analyzing the sources for the Roman cult of Bona Dea.
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AuthorH. H. J. Brouwer
PublisherE. J. Brill
Publication Year1989
Source Typeacademic monograph
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This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Deities, 11 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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