 | William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1850 - 1076 pages
...of the Laureates. Faunus acts a w pruminetf part in the mythical history of latram, and \fy in hitcr times worshipped in two distinct capacities : first, as the god of fields •nd tbepberda, because he had promoted agrimttare and the breeding of cattle ; and secondly a* aa... | |
 | Egidio Forcellini - Latin language - 1854 - 1240 pages
...the country ; hence Lactantius (i. 24, § 9) places inn on an equality with Numa. He was thererore in later times worshipped in two distinct capacities : first, as the god of field» and shepherds, and secondly, as an oracular and prophetic divinity. The festival of the Faunalia,... | |
 | Greek and Roman biography - 1861 - 1246 pages
...Arcadian Evander and Heracles were believed to have arrived in Latium. (Pint. Paraii. Gr. et Jiom. 38.) Faunus acts a very prominent part in the mythical...reference to him as the god of agriculture and cattle. (Horat. Carm. iii. 18.) As a prophetic god, he was believed to reveal the future to man, partly in... | |
 | William Smith - Biography - 1871 - 1074 pages
...Tangs of the Laureutes. Faunus acts a very prominent part in the mythical history of Latium, and was in later times worshipped in two distinct capacities : first, as the god of fields and shepherds, because he had promoted agriculture and the breeding of cattle ; and secondly as an oracular divinity,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 1306 pages
...fields among the Romans. Faunua. A god, grandson of Saturn, who figures in the early history of Latium, first as the god of fields and shepherds, and secondly, as an oracular divinity and founder of the native religion, afterwards identified with the Greek Pan. Fauro (for),... | |
 | James Wood - 1920 - 730 pages
...sentence (1786-1824). Faunus, a god, grandson of Saturn, who figures in the early history of Latium, first as the god of fields and shepherds, and secondly, as an oracular divinity and founder of the native religion, afterwards identified with the Greek Pan. Faure, Francois... | |
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He was therefore in later times worshipped in two distinct capacities : first, as the god of fields and shepherds, and secondly, as an oracular and prophetic divinity. The festival of the Faunalia, which was celebrated on the 5th of December, by the country... 