Rites and Ritual Acts as Prescribed by the Roman Religion According to the Commentary of Servius on Vergil's Aeneid (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Justus Frederick Holstein

 
9781330222676: Rites and Ritual Acts as Prescribed by the Roman Religion According to the Commentary of Servius on Vergil's Aeneid (Classic Reprint)

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Synopsis. I ntroduction: Vergil, theB ible of the Romans. Servius commentary on Vergil. Servius brevior and plenior. Abundance of Roman rites and ritual acts especially in the commentary on the A eneid. Theme: RITES AND RITUAL ACTS, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE ROMAN RELIGION, ACCORDING TO THE COMMENTARY OF SERVIUS ON VERGILS AENEID. I. In private life. PAOE 1.) At weddings. A uguria, auspicia nuptiarum 2M arriage through confarreatio and coemptio 2A wedding procession 3N uptial sacrifices and unpropitious omens 42.) In married or domestic life. Jupiter Herceus. Penates. A meal in the atrium. Lares. .4 Deities of matrimony contra and pro 5M atronalia 6F ortuna Muliebris 6P ilumnus and Pitumnus. .. 63.) In certain universal cases. Need and danger 6I llness. .7 4.) For several expressly stated trades, professions, etc. Peasants 7S ailors 8B akers and all tradesmen who use water at their trade. ...
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