- 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...
-
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...
-
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...
- the ritual, and
acted as "gastronomic proxies" in
eating the food.
Lectisternium Sellisternium Religion in
ancient Rome
Glossary of
ancient Roman religion...
- 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...
-
Cults of the Gr**** States, p. 281. Long, The
Twelve Gods, p. 179. See
lectisternium for the "strewing of couches" in
ancient Rome. Two
inscriptions from...
- prin****l
deities (Di Consentes)
corresponding to
those honoured at the
lectisternium of 217 BC,
represented on a 1st-century
altar from
Gabii that is rimmed...
