But Magna Mater, as her name promises, assumed a milder character, and was identified sometimes with maia, Ops, and Minerva; sometimes with Demeter, Bona Dea, and Fauna, as Attis was identified with Hercules.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
And for myself, I do not see that Flora and Phoebus and maia and the rest are a great gain, instead of Our Lady and Saint Christopher and the court of heaven.
"By What Authority?"
Robert Hugh Benson
Farewell, delightful Boy, Of Jove and maia sprung,-never by me, Nor thou, nor other songs, shall unremembered be.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III"
Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited by Thomas Hutchinson, M. A.
