AR201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mola Salsa, Kantharos, Hephaestus
30 Mar 2018
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Roman religion: roman religion began as animism, in which a numen (divine spirit) was attributed to natural phenomena, romans assimilated foreign deities: greek and etruscan> roman, cicero: on the nature of the gods. Jupiter (zeus: name from dyaus-pitar, sovereign god of romans and symbol of roman state, symbols: eagle and sceptre, judgements were passed through auspices (omens) Minerva (athena: etruscan import, italian goddess of wisdom, arts and crafts, and war, cult on aventine, patron deity of physicians as minerva medica, inventor of numbers and musical instruments. Capitoline triad: jupiter, juno and minerva (cult statues in temple of jupiter optimus. Mercury (hermes: messenger gods, god of commerce and trade, patron god of circulation, protector of businessmen, shopkeepers, merchants and thieves, festival- mercuralia. Vesta (hestia: virgin goddess of hearth of roman state and household, "guardian of the flame, cult of vesta remained of great importance through rome"s long history, temple of vesta in roman forum: no cult statue, vestal virgins.
