Definition:
The identity of Anna Perenna (or Porenna) is a mystery. Ovid tells two stories about her, but they may be his inventions. In one, Anna Perenna was an old woman who gave cakes to the plebeians when they seceded (494 B.C.). In the other, she is Dido's sister who was driven from Carthage to Latium after Dido's suicide. In Latium, Anna Perenna incurred the wrath of Aeneas' wife, fled, and was carried off by Numicus, god of a stream. When Aeneas' servants went out searching for her, they followed her tracks to the river bank where they discovered she had been turned into a water nymph.
Also Known As: Porenna
