Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Roman mythology, Amata was the wife of King Latinus of the Latins. When her daughter, Lavinia, was given to Aeneas in spite of her fiance, Turnus, Amata supported Turnus. When it became clear that Aeneas would win her daughter, Amata committed suicide. Virgil VII, 343; XII, 56, 593. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.