CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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... Romans claimed that Cronus ( Saturn ) was the first king of Latium and , through his son Picus , ances- tor of the Roman kings . A still different , and very obscure , tradition held that Cronus and Rhea deposed from Olympus not Uranus ...
... Romans claimed that Cronus ( Saturn ) was the first king of Latium and , through his son Picus , ances- tor of the Roman kings . A still different , and very obscure , tradition held that Cronus and Rhea deposed from Olympus not Uranus ...
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... Roman goddess of marriage and the wife of Jupiter . Like the Greek goddess HERA , with whom the Romans early identified Juno , she was the patroness of women and governed all their concerns from birth to death . As goddess of childbirth ...
... Roman goddess of marriage and the wife of Jupiter . Like the Greek goddess HERA , with whom the Romans early identified Juno , she was the patroness of women and governed all their concerns from birth to death . As goddess of childbirth ...
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... Roman people . [ Plutarch , Parallel Lives , " Romu- lus , " 4.3-5.5 ; Livy 1.4.7 . ] lares or lases . Roman household - gods . Each Roman home had its lar , who was honored together with the family's PENATES and Vesta , goddess of the ...
... Roman people . [ Plutarch , Parallel Lives , " Romu- lus , " 4.3-5.5 ; Livy 1.4.7 . ] lares or lases . Roman household - gods . Each Roman home had its lar , who was honored together with the family's PENATES and Vesta , goddess of the ...
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