BELLONA was the Roman goddess of war, whose temple was outside the gates of Rome (Livy, Ab urbe condita libri VIII.9.6; X.19.17). She was later identified with the Greek goddess of war, Enyo, called "sacker of cities," Iliad V.333.

Pallas Athena is called "the Bellona of Mars," Anel 5. Chaucer seems to have confused Pallas Athena with Bellona. He says his source for the poem is Statius, who keeps Bellona and Pallas distinct in the Thebaid. The two goddesses are, however, sometimes confused in several glosses on the poem. Pallas est Enyo appears in one gloss. Boccaccio observes that there are several Minervas, one of whom is Bellona, in De genealogie deorum gentilium V.48. The confusion also appears in Ovide Moralisé II.96-99, 108-112. [Minerva: Pallas]

Bellona, a proper name derived from Latin bellum meaning "war," appears medially, Anel 5.