Larentalia

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The Roman festival of Larentalia was held on 23 December but was ordered to be observed twice a year by Augustus; by some supposed to be in honour of the Lares, [1] [2] a kind of domestic genii, or divinities, worshipped in houses, and esteemed the guardians and protectors of families, supposed to reside in chimney-corners. [3] Others have attributed this feast in honour of Acca Larentia, the nurse of Romulus and Remus, and wife of Faustulus. [4] [5] [6] During this festival, offerings were made to the dead, [7] [8] usually at altars dedicated to Acca Larentia. [9] A sacrifice was typically offered in the Velabrum, [10] the spot where Acca Larentia is buried. [11] [12] Larentalia was part of a series of ancient Roman festivals and holidays celebrating the end of the old year and the start of the new. [13] [14]

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Lily Ross (1925-07-01). "The Mother of the Lares" . American Journal of Archaeology. 29 (3): 299–313. doi:10.2307/497560. ISSN   0002-9114. JSTOR   497560. S2CID   192992171.
  2. ↑ Laing, Gordon (1921). "The Origin of the Cult of the Lares" . Classical Philology. 16 (2): 124–140. doi:10.1086/360343. ISSN   0009-837X. JSTOR   262829. S2CID   161491522.
  3. ↑ Abraham Rees (1819). The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. pp. 313–.
  4. ↑ Wouter W. Belier (1991). Decayed Gods: Origin and Development of Georges Dumézil's "Idéologie Tripartie". BRILL. pp. 91–. ISBN   90-04-09487-3.
  5. ↑ Krappe, Alexander H. (1942-10-01). "Acca Larentia" . American Journal of Archaeology. 46 (4): 490–499. doi:10.2307/499082. ISSN   0002-9114. JSTOR   499082. S2CID   245275195 – via University of Chicago Press.
  6. ↑ Phillips, C. Robert (2015-12-22). "Acca Larentia". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.12. ISBN   978-0-19-938113-5 . Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  7. ↑ Mirković, Miroslava (2015). "Acca Larentia: Myth and Model". Belgrade Historical Review. 6– via ResearchGate.
  8. ↑ Limoges, Sarah. "Reconstructing religion: Augustus and the «Fratres Arvales»". escholarship.mcgill.ca. Michael Fronda (Internal/Supervisor). Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  9. ↑ Robert E. A. Palmer (2 October 1970). The Archaic Community of the Romans . Cambridge University Press. pp.  113–. ISBN   978-0-521-07702-6.
  10. ↑ Palmer, Robert E. A.; Palmer, Robert E. A. (1970-10-02). The Archaic Community of the Romans. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0-521-07702-6.
  11. ↑ Henderson, Helene, and Thompson, Sue Ellen, ed. “Larentalia.” Holidays, Festivals and Celebrations of the World Dictionary. Vol. 2. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1997.
  12. ↑ Wiseman, T. P. (2004). "Where was the nova via?" . Papers of the British School at Rome. 72: 167–183. doi:10.1017/S0068246200002701. ISSN   2045-239X. S2CID   162364465 – via Cambridge Core.
  13. ↑ Henderson, Helene, ed. "Larentalia." Holidays, Symbols and Customs. Vol. 4. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2009
  14. ↑ Holleman, A. W. J. (1976). "End and Beginning in the Ancient Roman Year (A Sabine element ?)". Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire. 54 (1): 63. doi:10.3406/rbph.1976.3076.
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