- The
lectisternium was an
ancient Roman propitiatory ceremony,
consisting of a meal
offered to gods and goddesses. The word
derives from
lectum sternere...
- are ****umed to be the
deities of the
lectisternium. A
fragment from Ennius,
within whose lifetime the
lectisternium occurred,
lists the same
twelve deities...
-
panoply of the hero was placed, a
practice which recalls the
Roman Lectisternium. The
identification of Ajax with the
family of
Aeacus was
chiefly a...
- of the
lectisternium ceremony. (Livy 5, 13) 348 BC: A
plague struck Rome
after a
brief skirmish with the
Gauls and Gr****s.
Another lectisternium was ordered...
- Gr****
pantheon whose theology was
later tied to a
Roman deity. The
lectisternium of 399 BC
indicated that the Gr****
figures of Poseidon, Artemis, and...
-
Punic War,
Juventas was
included in
sacrifices in 218 BC
relating to a
lectisternium, a
public banquet at
which divine images were displa**** as if the deities...
-
might receive offerings at
ceremonies such as the
lectisternium or supplicatio. In the
famous lectisternium of 217 BC, on
orders of the
Sibylline books, six...
- November. In the 3rd
century BC, the
epulum Iovis became similar to a
lectisternium. The most
ancient Roman games followed after one day (considered a dies...
-
example is seen in the Tomb of the
Funereal Bed at
Tarquinia where a
lectisternium is
painted for them.
Another is
symbolised in a
painting depicted as...
- the
anniversary of the
Temple of
Tellus was
celebrated along with a
lectisternium (banquet) for Ceres, who
embodied "growing power" and the productivity...
