Roman mythology

traditional stories pertaining to ancient Rome's legendary origins and religious system

constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

thumb|upright|Cornucopia of a Roman statue of Livia as [[Fortuna, 42-52 AD, marble, Altes Museum, Berlin ]] thumb|Cornucopia, part of a Roman statue, Archaeological Museum A. Salinas, Palermo, Sicily, Italy In classical antiquity, the cornucopia (; ), also called the horn of plenty, is a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, or nuts. In Greek, it was called the horn of Amalthea (), after Amalthea, a nurse of Zeus, who is often part of stories of the horn's origin.

mythical tale

episode in the history of Rome

collection of prophecies used in Rome

in Greek mythology cult image of Athena on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend

methodology for cultural comparison

legendary story about a woman Pero who secretly breastfeeds her father Cimon

thumb|Front matter of Boswell's copy of the 1732 edition of the Heroides, edited by Peter Burmann.Note the title Heroides sive Epistolae,The Heroides or the Letters.

The Lupercal (from Latin lupa "female wolf") was a cave at the southwest foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, located somewhere between the temple of Magna Mater and the Sant'Anastasia al Palatino. In the legend of the founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus were found there by the she-wolf who suckled them until they were rescued by the shepherd Faustulus. Luperci, the priests of Faunus, celebrated certain ceremonies of the Lupercalia at the cave, from the earliest days of the City until at least 494 AD.

stages of human existence according to Greco-Roman mythology

allusive term for a coin placed in the mouth of the dead to pay Charon to ferry them to the underworld

ancient Roman landmark; The Lacus Curtius ("Lake of Curtius") was a mysterious pit or pool in the ground in the Forum Romanum.

thumb|upright|Ancient shield illustration from Nordisk familjebok

work by Cicero

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fig tree of Romulus and Remus in the Roman Forum

thumb|Segestan Silver [[Didrachm, 475–455 BCE, possibly depicting Crinisus in the form of a dog on one side, and Segesta on the other]] Crinisus (in Virgil's Aeneid and subsequent Roman texts) or Crimisus was the god of the Sicilian river Crinisus in Greek and Roman mythology. According to most versions of the myth, Crinisus fathered Acestes with a Trojan woman while in the form of a dog. Acestes then went on to found Segesta, which he named after his mother. Segestan coins from 475–390 BCE often depict a dog on one side, and a woman's head on the other, which have traditionally been associate

book by Gaius Iulius Hyginus

Carmentalia was the two feast days (11 January and 15 January) of the Roman goddess Carmenta. She had her temple atop the Capitoline Hill. Carmenta was invoked in it as Postvorta and Antevorta, epithets which had reference to her power of looking back into the past and forward into the future. The festival was chiefly observed by women.

polytheistic religion practised in ancient Etruria

battle

thumb|Ruins of temple to Apollo, Avernus Avernus was an ancient name for a volcanic crater near Cumae (Cuma), Italy, in the region of Campania west of Naples. Part of the Phlegraean Fields of volcanoes, Avernus is approximately in circumference. Within the crater is Lake Avernus ('''').

mythical object in Virgil's epic poem "Aeneid"

poem

Goat's marsh - site in ancient Rome

mythical Sabine king in Roman mythology

reputed dwelling-place of the legendary founder and first king of Rome, Romulus

sacred tokens in ancient Rome

ancient Roman silver plate

term for poems

alt=Statue of Acca Larentia with the twins Remus and Romulus by Jacopo Della Quercia, Santa Maria Della Scala, Siena, Italy|thumb|382x382px|Statue of Acca Larentia with Romulus and Remus Remoria (also spelled Remuria, Remora, and Remona) is a place associated with the legendary founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus where, according to Roman tradition, Remus saw six birds land, which he chose as an auspicious location for the future city. Some variants of the legend say that Remoria was also the place where Remus was buried after he was killed by Romulus.