- The
rituals of the
Argei were
archaic religious observances in
ancient Rome that took
place on
March 16 and
March 17, and
again on May 14 or May 15. By...
- [citation needed] The
Procession of the
Argei,
celebrated on
March 16 and 17, was
related to Liberalia. The
Argei were 27
sacred shrines created by the...
- to the bridge, but it failed. On the Ides of May, the
procession of the
Argei went from the
temple of Fors Fortuna,
built by
Servius Tullius, to the Pons...
-
raise questions about human sacrifice among the
earliest Romans (see also
Argei and oscilla). The
speaker Evangelus, however,
counters that the figures...
-
Tiberinus was
honored with twenty-seven
straw dummies which were
called Argei.
Aeneas and
Tiberinus by
Bartolomeo Pinelli Altar,
showing Tiberinus (bottom...
- 166. For
another Roman ritual that may
represent human sacrifice, see
Argei.
Oscilla were also part of the
Latin Festival and the Compitalia: Fowler...
-
either animal sacrifice, or by the mock-sacrifice of effigies, such as the
Argei in
ancient Rome.[citation needed]
Successful agricultural cities had already...
- of the
Pelasgians in the land of the Sicels(1.7.27–31) and that of the
Argei orders human sacrifices to him.
Briquel concludes that
Saturn was a sovereign...
- the
feast of the year
goddess Anna
Perenna 16–17: the
procession of the
Argei 17: Liberalia, in
honour of Liber; also an
Agonalia for Mars 19: Quinquatrus...
- the
correct divinity was
invoked in
public rituals. The
procession of the
Argei began at her shrine. On
January 1,
twigs from Strenua's
grove were carried...
