Image via WikipediaLA Fine emailed me looking for a plumbing goddess (old houses, you know). Would you believe it: there is one! Cloacina, Roman goddess of sewers. Smirk all you want, but do you really want to chance offending the one goddess who understood that empires and happy homes are built on good sanitation?
There is actually a nice little essay with photos about Cloacina by Jon C. Schladweiler here. In it, you'll learn that a shrine to Cloacina stood in front of the Forum -- right above the Cloaca Maxima (which sounds way more regal than its translation: the "main drain.")
In the essay, you'll also discover this wonderful poem in her honor:
O Cloacina, Goddess of this place,
Look on thy suppliants with a smiling face.
Soft, yet cohesive let their offerings flow,
Not rashly swift nor insolently slow.
Channel this goddess: You'll know when.
Need a goddess: I got goddesses! Post a comment telling me your need and I'll see what I can find.
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