A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 481
ions, such as victories, theassumption of office by new consuls, etc.,etc. There were almost numberless tem-ples and statues sacred to him in Rome,under his various surnames. As Capitoli-nus he presided over the great games ;as Lalialis or Latiaris over the Feriae La-tinae. He was Prodiyalis,… … Head of Olympian Jupiter. ILLUSTRATED IN ART. 463 enforcer of faith and oaths. Fides and Victoria were his coinpan-ions on the capitol; hence were traitors thrown from the Tarpeianrock. As prince of light, and lord of heaven, white was sacred tohim. White animals were sacrificed to him ; his…
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