The Deification of Abstract Ideas in Roman Literature and InscriptionsUniversity of Chicago Press, 1907 - 94 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 24
Seite 7
... personification and deification , so closely related are the two provinces . To personify is to give personality to an object or power ; to deify is to ascribe superhuman attributes . Given the principle that certain qualities are ...
... personification and deification , so closely related are the two provinces . To personify is to give personality to an object or power ; to deify is to ascribe superhuman attributes . Given the principle that certain qualities are ...
Seite 8
... personification of a poet . Both care little for actual facts of cult . This kind of evidence would 1It has been held that in some cases altars imply no true worship , but are simply commemorative ; e . g . , Tac . Ann . i . 14 , aram ...
... personification of a poet . Both care little for actual facts of cult . This kind of evidence would 1It has been held that in some cases altars imply no true worship , but are simply commemorative ; e . g . , Tac . Ann . i . 14 , aram ...
Seite 35
... personification was the starting - point of the almost numberless deifications that soon fol- lowed . Again in 28 A. D. an altar was erected in honor of Clementia ( Tac . Ann . iv . 74 ) , and in 66 the Arvals record a sacrifice to her ...
... personification was the starting - point of the almost numberless deifications that soon fol- lowed . Again in 28 A. D. an altar was erected in honor of Clementia ( Tac . Ann . iv . 74 ) , and in 66 the Arvals record a sacrifice to her ...
Seite 37
... personified is frequent , especially in poetry . But here she is the Greek mythical character , identified most commonly with Erigone or Astraea , who left the earth ultima caelestium ( Ovid Fasti i . 249 ; Verg . Geor . ii . 474 ) with ...
... personified is frequent , especially in poetry . But here she is the Greek mythical character , identified most commonly with Erigone or Astraea , who left the earth ultima caelestium ( Ovid Fasti i . 249 ; Verg . Geor . ii . 474 ) with ...
Seite 51
... personification , a translation of the Greek " Epws of Hesiod . He never received true worship among the people , and outside of literature is rarely found except in statues and scenes upon mirrors , etc .; e . g . CIL . I. 58. However ...
... personification , a translation of the Greek " Epws of Hesiod . He never received true worship among the people , and outside of literature is rarely found except in statues and scenes upon mirrors , etc .; e . g . CIL . I. 58. However ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adjective Aesculapius altar ancient Annona Arnobius Arval Brothers Augustine Augustus Bellona Bona Bonus Eventus Caesar Capitoline Carm Cicero Clementia cognomen coins conception Concordia connection cult deae deified deified abstracts deity deor deorum deus divinity Domaszewski emperor Empire Epig evidence fact Fasti Felicitas Fides flamens Fortuna Forum Holitorium Genio genitive Genius goddess gods Greek Hercules honor Honos Hygieia ibid Indigitamenta inscriptions Iovis ipsa Iunoni Iupiter Iustitia Iuventas Juno Jupiter Jupiter Victor L'ann latter Libertas literature Mars Memoriae mentioned mihi Minerva Mommsen Nemesis numina origin Ovid Pecunia personality personification phrase Pietas Pietati Plautus populi Romani Preller probably Pudicitia quae qualities quam reference religion Roman Rome Roscher sacrum Salus Saluti shrine Spes state-cult Statius statue sunt temple tion Tutela Varro Venus Venus Erycina VI¹ Vica Pota Victoria VIII Virtus Virtutis Wissowa R.-K worship
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 72 - Insanam autem esse aiunt, quia atrox, incerta, instabilisque sit: Caecam ob eam rem esse iterant, quia nil cernat quo sese adplicet: Brutam quia dignum atque indignujp nequeat internoscere.
Seite 19 - Spes etiam valida solatur compede vinctum : crura sonant ferro, sed canit inter opus...
Seite 47 - ... lucum ligna: cave ne portus occupet alter, ne Cibyratica, ne Bithyna negotia perdas; mille talenta rotundentur, totidem altera porro et tertia succedant et quae pars quadret acervum.
Seite 57 - Victoriae? quarum omnium rerum quia vis erat tanta, ut sine deo regi non 15 posset, ipsa res deorum nomen obtinuit. Quo ex genere Cupidinis et Voluptatis et Lubentinae Veneris...
Seite 74 - Relatum est in litteras doctissimum pontificem Scaevolam disputasse tria genera tradita deorum: unum a poetis, alterum a philosophis, tertium a principibus.
Seite 75 - Venus; turn autem res ipsa, in qua vis inest maior aliqua, sic appellatur, ut ea ipsa nominetur deus, ut Fides, ut Mens, quas in Capitolio dedicatas videmus proxime a M. Aemilio Scauro; ante autem ab Atilio Calatino erat Fides consecrata.
Seite 73 - Usque adeone, inquiunt, maiores nostros insipientes fuisse credendum est ut haec nescirent munera divina esse, non deos ? Sed quoniam sciebant nemini talia nisi aliquo deo largiente concedi, quorum deorum nomina non inveniebant, earum rerum nominibus appellabant deos quas ab eis sentiebant dari, aliqua vocabula inde flectentes, sicut a bello Bellonam nuncupaverunt, non Bellum; sicut a cunis Cuninam, non Cunam; sicut a segetibus Segetiam, non Segetem, sicut a pomis Pomonam, non Pomum; sicut a bubus...
Seite 75 - Quidquid enim magnam utilitatem generi afFerret humano, id non sine divina bonitate erga homines fieri arbitrabantur. Itaque tum illud, quod erat a deo natum, nomine ipsius dei nuncupabant : ut quum fruges Cererein appellamus , vinum autem Liberum ; ex quo illud Terentii, Sine Cererc et Libero f'riget Venus.
Seite 71 - An non putasti esse umquam ? o Lyde, es barbarus, quem ego sapere nimio censui plus quam Thalem ; i, stultior es barbaro poticio, qui tantus natu deorum nescis nomina.
Seite 80 - Innúmeros quidem credere atque etiam ex vitiis hominum, ut Pudicitiam, Concordiam, Mentem, Spem, Honorem, Clementiam, Fidem, aut, ut Democrito placuit, duos omnino, Poenam et Beneficium, maiorem ad socordiam accedit. Fragilis is et laboriosa mortalitas in partis ista digessit infirmitatis suae memor, ut portionibus coleret quisque quo maxime indigeret.