Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 284
nscribed, in the original,ARA NEPTVNI. The trip.d was often used as the form of an altar to Apollo; the very re-markable one given in this Plate corresponds to a representation on a silver coin of Consul M.yEni. Lepidus.—See Mi^nfahcon (as cited P. II. $ V2\ ii. 242. I.i2. Sup. ii. 5C.—For various… … -v33 ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. 2. It was common also to adorn altars with filleis or ribins, and garlands of herbs andflowers. Altars and temples atibrded a place of refuge among the Romans as well asGreeks (cf. S 66), chiefly for slaves from the cruelty of masters, for insolvent debtorsand criminals,…
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