Artemis, and Leto, togetherwith Hercules, Mercurius, and Neptunus—were placed in pairs uponcouches (pulvinaria), and a sacred feast was set before them. Itis true that the custom of offering a meal to the gods was, as wehave seen, part of the domestic worship of the Romans ; but theexternals of the… … Tensa. 292 RELIGION chap, iv the custom was derived from (the o-Tpw/xvat kXlvwv which we findat Athens, Delphi, and elsewhere. The lectistemium formed animportant part of the ceremony of supplkatio, which was decreedeither in thanksgiving for a victory or as an act of humiliation intime of…
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