Religion in VirgilMuch has been written about Virgil's religion, in the endeavour to extract from his poems his own belief as to the government of the world and the relation of men to the gods. -- Introduction. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
THE OLD ITALIAN RELIGIONDEITIES | 29 |
THE OLD ITALIAN RELIGIONWORDS | 60 |
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Aeneas Aeneid altaria altars Anchises Apollo appears aras atque augury Augustus Bacchus Caesar Carmentis Ceres chthonic conception connexion cult dapes Daphnis dead deities destiny deum deus Diana Dido Dido's divine divum Eclogue Evander fata fate father fatis fatum Faunus fortuna Georgics goddess gods Graeco-Roman Greek grove haec Hecate Helenus heroes Ianus idea instances Iovis ipse Italian Italy Iulius Iuno Iunonis Iuppiter later Latin legend lower world Manes Mars meaning mihi Minerva numen numina nunc nymphs offering omen oracle Pallas passages pater Penates Phoebus pietas poem poet Polydorus prayer prays prophecy Proserpina quae religion religious rites ritual Roman Rome sacer sacra sacred sacrifice Saturnus says seems sense Servius Sibyl souls spirit State-cult story tells temple Terra thou thought tibi tion tomb Trojans Troy Turnus Venus Vesta viii Virgil vota votis Warde Fowler word worship Zeus