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Page 18 - Verkündigungen beruhte, rief man natürlich nur das errege et minore pontifice celebrato idem ponlifex calata, id est vocata in Capitolium plebe iuxta curiam calabram — quot numero dies a kalendis ad nonas superessent pronuntiabat; et quintanas quidem dicto quinquies verbo zci).ü>, septimanas repetito septies praedicabat.
Page 18 - Calendae ab eo quod his diebus calantur eius mensis Nonae a pontificibus quintanae an septimanae sint futurae in Capitolio in Curia Calabra sie : dies te quinque calo luno Covella. Septem dies te calo luno Covella...
Page 2 - . . . in this sacred grove there grew a certain tree round which at any time of the day, and probably far into the night, a grim figure might be seen to prowl. In his hand he carried a drawn sword, and kept peering warily about him as if at every instant he expected to be set upon by an enemy.
Page 17 - Patrem quasi deorum deum, lunonium quasi non solum mensis lanuarii sed mensium omnium ingressus tenentem : in dicione autem lunonis sunt omnes kalendae, unde et Varro libro quinto Rerum diuinarum scribit lano duodecim aras pro totidem mensibus dedicatas...
Page 18 - Romae quoque Kalendis omnibus, praeter quod pontifex minor in curia calabra rem divinam lunoni facit, etiam regina sacrorum, id est regis uxor, porcam vel agnam in regia lunoni immolat.
Page 24 - nominantur. Nam Vestae nomen a Graecis ; ea est enim, quae ab illis "E(rna dicitur. Vis autem eius ad aras et focos pertinet. Itaque in ea dea, quod est rerum custos 3o intumarum, omnis et precatio et sacrificatio extrema est.
Page 2 - The post which he held by this precarious tenure carried with it the title of king; but surely no crowned head ever lay uneasier, or was visited by more evil dreams, than his. For year in year out, in summer and winter, in fair weather and in foul, he had to keep his lonely watch, and whenever he snatched a troubled slumber it was at the peril of his life. The...
Page 24 - Mavors, Minerva autem quae vel "minueret" vel "minaretur." XXVII. Cutmque in omnibus rebus vim haberent maximam prima et extrema, principem in sacrificando lanum esse voluerunt, quod ab " enndo " nomen est ductum, ex quo transitiones perviae " iani " foresque in liminibus profanarum aedium "ianuae
Page 27 - Niobae liberos morientes Scopas an Praxiteles fecerit; item lanus pater, in suo templo dicatus ab Augusto ex Aegypto advectus, utrius manu sit, iam quidem et auro occultatus.
Page 42 - M. Cicero in sexta in Antonium : " Itane lanus medius in L. Antonii clientela est ? Quis umquam in illo lano inventus est, qui L. Antonio mille nummum ferret expensum ?
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| Title | Janus in Roman Life and Cult: A Study in Roman Religions ... University of Pennsylvania |
| Author | Bessie Rebecca Burchett |
| Publisher | George Banta publishing Company, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Oct 18, 2007 |
| Length | 75 pages |
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