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Neptune is a god of fertility, including human fertility. According to Stephen Weinstock, Jupiter is present in each of the first three regions with different aspects related to each region; Neptune should have been in the second region, and Pluto in the third. The reason for Neptune's displacement
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Among modern scholars, Dumézil and his followers Bloch and Schilling centre their interpretation of Neptune on the direct, concrete, limited value and functions of water. Salacia would represent the forceful, violent aspect of gushing and overflowing water and Venilia the tranquil, gentle aspect of
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to ridiculing inconsistencies in the theological definition of the entities; since Salacia personified the deep sea, Augustine wondered how she could also be the retreating waves (since waves are a surface phenomenon). He wrote elsewhere that Venilia would be the "hope that comes", an aspect (or
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Catullus 31. 3: "Paene insularum, Sirmio, insularumque/ ocelle, quascumque in liquentibus stagnis/ marique vasto fert uterque Neptunus/...": the quoted words belong to a passage in which the poet seems to be hinting to the double nature of Neptune as god both of the freshwaters and of the
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Before Poseidon was known as the god of the sea, he was connected to the horse and may have originally been depicted in equine form. This connection reflects the violent and brutal nature of Poseidon the earth-shaker, the linkage of horses and springs, and the animal's
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Preller, Fowler, Petersmann and Takács attribute to the theology of Neptune broader significance as a god of universal worldly fertility, particularly relevant to agriculture and human reproduction. They interpret Salacia as personifying lust, and Venilia as related to
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The island was swallowed up by an earthquake caused by Poseidon himself. This factor would connect the power over earth and that over waters. The Greek had a memory of the explosion of the Island of
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freshwater deity; since the Indo-Europeans lived inland and had little direct knowledge of the sea, the Romans may have reused the theology of a previous freshwater god in their worship of Neptune.
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was devoted to clearing overgrown bushes and uprooting and burning excess vegetation. Neptunalia followed, devoted to conservation and the draining of superficial waters. These culminated in the
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approach, the Indo-Iranian, Avestan and Irish figures have common features with the Roman legends about Neptune. Dumézil proposed to derive the nouns from the Indo-European root
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god, lord and husband of the Earth (for the etymolog gearoid γαιήοχος, he who possesses the Earth, εννοσίδας he who makes the Earth quake) with an equine form. He mates with
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has also been depicted with the offering of a red bull and a red-bull calf. If an incorrect offering was presented, either inadvertently or due to necessity, additional
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as a deity of longing or desire. According to Preller, this would explain a theonym similar to that of Venus. Other data seem to agree; Salacia would parallel
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University of Texas Press 2008 p. 55-56, also citing Scullard on the influence of horse races in the identification. Bloch 1981 citing Chantraine DELG
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Petersmann proposes a different interpretation of Neptune's theology. Developing his understanding of the theonym as rooted in the Indo-European
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took place on July 23, during the peak of summer when water was scarcest. Like Poseidon, he was also worshipped by the Romans as a god of horses,
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considered Salacia the personification of the virile potency which generated a Latin people, parallel with Mars, Saturn, Janus and Jupiter.
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had been introduced and worshipped in Rome as Neptune, Diana, and Hercules. It has been speculated that Neptune has been conflated with a
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Edizione e traduzione a cura di Furio Jesi: Milano Rizzoli (Italian translation conducted on an expanded version of the 2nd edition of
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According to Petersmann, the ancient Indo-Europeans also venerated a god of wetness as the generator of life; this is indicated by the
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On the issue of this group by Scopas cf. F. Coarelli "L'ora di Domizio Enobarbo e la cultura artistica in Roma nel II sec. a. C." in
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might be considered a hydronymic toponym of pre-Indo-European origin from a noun meaning "damp wide valley, plain", a cognate of the
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Paris, 1974 2nd, Appendix; It. tr. p. 584; citing Stephen Weinstock "Martianus Capella and the Cosmic System of the Etruscans" in
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H. Petersmann "Neptuns ürsprugliche Rolle im römischen Pantheon. Ein etymologisch-religiongeschichtlicher Erklärungsversuch" in
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to region X is unclear. It is consistent with the collocation in the third quadrant of the deities related to the human world.
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are entities who accompany a god, representing the fundamental aspects (or powers) of that god. With Hellenic influence, these
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was required to avoid divine retribution. This type of offering implied a stricter connection between the deity and the world.
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of section 28. This last location aligns with Pliny the Elder's belief that the gallbladder was sacred to Neptune. The name
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came to be considered separate deities and consorts of their associated god. Earlier folk belief might have also identified
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About the relationship of the lord of our earthly world with water(s) Bloch, p. 342-346, gives the following explanations:
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In lectures delivered during the 1990s, German scholar Hubert Petersmann proposed an etymology from the Indo-European root
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Neptunus, quod mare terras obnubuit ut nubes caelum, ab nuptu, id est opertione, ut antiqui, a quo nuptiae, nuptus dictus.
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A different etymology, grounded in the legendary history of Latium and Etruria, was proposed by the 19th-century scholars
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herausgegeben von Bernd Heßen. Hypomnemata: Supplement-Reihe 1. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 2002. Pp. 304.
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Neptune is one of only four Roman gods to whom it was considered appropriate to sacrifice a bull. The other three were
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Lingua et religio. Augewählte kleine Beiträge zur antike religiogeschichtlicher und sprachwissenschaftlicher Grundlage
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Lingua et Religio: ausgewählte kleine Schriften zur antiken Religionsgeschichte auf sprachwissenschaftlicher Grundlage
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Roma 1979 p. 779-790. For a summary exposition of the content of this work the reader is referred to article
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Neptune has been associated with a number of other Roman deities. By the first century BC, he had supplanted
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S. Dušanić, Ž. Petković "The Flamen Quirinalis at the Consualia and the Horseman of the Lacus Curtius" in
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Etruscan representations of Neptune are rare but significant. The oldest may be a fourth-century BC carved
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Müller and Deeke interpreted Neptune's theology as a divine ancestor of the Latin Faliscans: the father of
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Perhaps influenced by Poseidon Ίππιος, Consus (whose festival included horse races) was reinterpreted as
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Martianus Capella places Neptune and Consus together in region X of Heaven, possibly following an old
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of Consus or reflecting an Etruscan idea of a chthonic Neptune apparent in the recommendation of the
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called himself the "son of Neptune". For a time, Neptune was paired in his dominion of the sea with
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festival of July 25. All three festivals were connected to water during the period of summer heat (
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p. 63-115; "Sacred Architecture and the Religion of the Etruscans" in N.T. DeGrummond 2006 p.139
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character. Neptune, in contrast, has no such direct connection with horses. The Roman deity
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conventions. He was likely associated with freshwater springs before the sea; his festival,
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M. Peters "Untersuchungen zur Vertratung der indogermanischen Laryngeale in Griechisch" in
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G. Dumezil "Quaestiunculae indo-italicae: 11. Iovi tauro verre ariete immolari non licet"
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2006 p. 48; G. Colonna "Altari e sacelli: l'area sud di Pyrgi dop otto anni di ricerche"
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Minor. The Basilica Neptuni was later built on the Campus Martius, and was dedicated by
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explicitly names Neptune as the god of rivers, springs, and waters; he may parallel the
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Erika Simon "Gods in Harmony: The Etruscan Pantheon" in N. Thomas De Grummond (editor)
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in assuring the safety of stored grain), Dumézil interprets its name as deriving from
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its walls. In another tradition based on the same source, the Etruscan Penates were
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Cf. the related deities of the Circus Semonia, Seia, Segetia, Tutilina: Tertullian
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Dumézil accepts and re-proposes the interpretations of Wissowa and von Domaszewski.
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was associated with the horse, and his underground altar was in the valley of the
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Ludwig Preller above, citing Servius; C. J. Mackie "Turnus and his ancestors" in
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and of the seaquake it provoked as well as other consequences affecting climate.
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of Nethuns kicking a rock and creating a spring (Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale,
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traces of a Libyan/Punic agrarian god of fresh water sources, with the epithet
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Bloch, Raymond (1981). "Quelques remarques sur Poseidon, Neptunus et Nethuns".
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have been discussed by ancient and modern scholars. Varro connects Salacia to
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La religione romana arcaica. Con un 'appendice sulla religione degli Etruschi
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V 7) wrote that according to Roman tradition, Consus was the god who advised
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made sacrifices on the underground altar of Consus. The proximity of the two
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It has been speculated that the three festivals fall in a logical order. The
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20. Neptunus is mentioned third after Jupiter and Saturn and before Tellus.
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Comptes-rendus des séances de l' Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Letres
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Heu, quianam tanti cinxerunt aethera nimbi?/ quidve, pater Neptune, paras?
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in the dialogues Timaeus and Critias; there was also a hippodrome nearby.
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36, 1946, p. 104 ff.; G. Capdeville "Les dieux de Martianus Capella" in
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Fêtes romaines d' étè et d' automne, suivi par dix questions romaines
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Saggi di antichitá. II. Documenti per la storia della civiltá etrusca
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still (or slowly-flowing) water. According to Dumézil, Neptune's two
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of Neptune is limited by his close identification with the Greek god
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Fêtes romaines d' été et d' automne. Suivi de Dix questions romaines
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R. Bloch "Quelques remarques sur Poseidon, Neptunus et Nethuns" in
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Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (ca 600 images of Neptune)
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supplanted the older temple, which had replaced an ancient altar.
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R. Bloch 1981; G. Capdeville "Les dieux de Martianus Capella" in
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Poseidon is the god worshipped in the main temple of the Isle of
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provides information about the theology of Neptune. Neptune and
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Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages
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Etruscan Mythology, Sacred History and Legend: An Introduction,
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cited a significant aspect of Venilia; she was recorded in the
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Etruscan Mythology, Sacred History and Legend: An Introduction
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A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, "Basilica Neptuni"
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as the mother of Achilles, and Venilia would be the mother of
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Neptunalia was spent under branch huts in a woods between the
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Vestal virgins, sibyls and matronae: women in Roman religion
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Vestal Virgins, Sibyls and Matronae: Women in Roman Religion
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Chicago, 1992, p. 138-139, s.v. Neptune, citing G. Dumezil
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2008, University of Texas Press, p. 53 f., citing Horace
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G. Capdeville "Jeux athletiques et rituels de fondation"
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Neptune for the cracking sounds heard underground in the
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of 399 BC indicated that the Greek figures of Poseidon,
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i.e. "covering", as the ancients (used to say), whence
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are not attested in Indo-European languages other than
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and the unnamed daughter of those mysteries (story in
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Einleitung in der Geschichte der Griechischen Sprache
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occurs eight times in columns VII, IX, and XI of the
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Rendiconti della Pontificia Accademia di Archeologia
2911:. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology. 854:) and drought, when freshwater sources were lowest. 4219: 4181: 4155: 4124: 4083: 4011: 3927: 3906: 3840: 3704: 3412: 1635:, a postulated adjective deriving from the IE root 1438:, theorises that the name might have meant "child ( 218: 208: 203: 193: 167: 153: 148: 134: 116: 106: 98: 39: 3120:vol. III, p. 41 and Alfred Ernout- Atoine Meillet 2011:University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology, 1431:("descendant, sister's son"). His former student, 1423:, all meaning "descendant of the waters". Using a 896:, the Roman racetrack in the southern part of the 640:on a wall in the House of Neptune and Amphitrite, 234:Centaur, Salacia and Neptune, antique fresco from 3303:The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic 3177:The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic 2770:The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic 2507:17 fragment 57. 60 as cited by L. Richardson jr. 1264:(E. S. 1. 76), Nethuns is represented talking to 1231:. It had been believed that Neptune derived from 2657: 2655: 1355:is unclear and disputed. The ancient grammarian 1243:: on the outer rim of section seven, and on the 1619:, who also denotes the overcast sky. His other 1219:. The Etruscans were also fond of horse races. 1190:(to hide or store) as a verbal noun similar to 2885:. Manchester: University of Manchester Press. 2509:A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome 2443:Paris 1975 1. "Les eaux et les bois" p. 25-31. 2204:56. 3/4 (Autumn/Winter 2002:330-347) detected 1601:of Neptune and Earth is reflected in Virgil's 3386: 3122:Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine 1014:, wrote about Salacia and Venilia in V 724: " 623:Regional Archeological Museum Antonio Salinas 508: 8: 2687:The Religious Experience of the Roman People 2616:The Religious experience of the Roman People 2554:Ball Platner, Samuel; Ashby, Thomas (1929), 2435: 2433: 2036:The Religious experience of the Roman People 1307:, and the deities were credited with giving 656:, which reads (in English): "To Neptune and 1741:A late-fourth-century bronze mirror in the 479: 413: 3426: 3393: 3379: 3371: 3175:p. 103, as quoted by William Warde Fowler 2144:under this form in the Arcadian myth from 2048:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 515: 501: 241: 62: 2491:Sarolta A. Takacs 2008; citing Macrobius 2333:(in German). Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner. 1611:). Neptune's power would be reflected by 1239:. His name is found in two places on the 1127:(the site of horse races). On the summer 2949:Univ. of Pennsylvania Press 2006 p. 145. 2947:Etruscam Myth, Sacred History and Legend 1419:and Apam Napá and the Old Irish theonym 821:as the deific father of a Latin tribe. 2720:Berlin, 1858 part II, p.121-2; Servius 2171:who with its hoof can open up a spring. 2076: 1760: 1411:. He proposed an etymology which joins 1399:said that words deriving from the root 570:, with whom preside over the realms of 446: 385: 335: 278: 244: 2883:The Etruscan Language: an Introduction 2576:XXVIII 11, 4. Bloch 1981 p. 347 n. 19. 2407: 2041: 1639:("to love or desire") in the Sanskrit 1442:, nephew) of the water" as part of an 1371:("the marriage of Heaven and Earth"). 716:. Detail of a large Roman mosaic from 36: 3167:, vol. 2, Berlin, 1858; Müller-Deeke 3012:Cf. M. Pallottino "Deorum sedes" in 2781:W. W. Fowler, citing James G. Frazer. 2395:Elsevier's Mythologische Encyclopedie 2355: 2343: 2276: 1591:, the god of clear skies. Similar to 1415:with the Indian and Iranian theonyms 538: 7: 3201:H. Petersmann below, Göttingen 2002. 2570:Dumézil 1977 p. 340, who cites Livy 2115:Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia 2103:Les cultes païens de l'Empire romain 1692:and Halesus, their heroic founders. 1655:. Neptune's dual nature is found in 869:(the goddess of springs and wells). 842:of Neptunus on July 23, between the 272:sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter 30:For the planet named after him, see 3020:, section Etrurian Uni note n. 201. 2907:De Grummond, Nancy Thomson (2006). 2750:(New Series) 1991, 41, pp. 261-265. 2200:Alain Cadotte, "Neptune Africain", 1810:Late-16th-century bronze statue in 1777:Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune 1506:Fertility deity and divine ancestor 1072:, with whom she mothered the nymph 744:whose theology was later tied to a 574:, the earthly world (including the 27:Roman god of freshwater and the sea 3113:Roman and Indoeuropean Mythologies 3099:Revue de l' Histoire des Religions 2835:Revue de l' histoire des religions 2805:Vestal Virgins, Sybils and Matrons 2331:Abhandlungen zur römische Religion 1008:Servius, in his commentary on the 455:Glossary of ancient Roman religion 25: 3001:Revue de l'Histoire des Religions 2861:Revue de l'Histoire des Religions 2560:, London: Oxford University Press 2318:(in German). Munchen: C. H. Beck. 1461:. The name of the Etruscan deity 1280:demon holding two dolphins on an 1155:on the abduction of the Sabines. 679:sculptor Nicolau Travé, with two 3214:, vol. 372, Vienna 1980, p. 180. 3190:Etymological Dictionary of Greek 2329:von Domaszewski, Alfred (1909). 2007:Nancy Thomson De Grummond 2006. 2003:. Vol. 2. pp. 341–352. 1972: 1957: 1942: 1927: 1911: 1886: 1867: 1845: 1822: 1803: 1785: 1763: 1444:Indo-European fire-in-water myth 1227:The Etruscan name of Neptune is 999:power) of Jupiter understood as 256: 3124:Paris, 1985 4th, s.v. Neptunus. 2259:. Ministry of Culture and Sport 2253:"Neptune, Prado Museum, Madrid" 1522:(domain of activity). The root 1378:proposed a derivation from the 888:Neptune had only one temple in 785:as the god of naval victories; 585:Depictions of Neptune in Roman 551:. He is the counterpart of the 3179:London, 1899, p. 185 and n. 3. 2148:, they beget the racing horse 2034:Fowler, William Warde (1912). 1514:("damp, wet") with the suffix 846:festival of the grove and the 1: 3326:N.T. De Grummond 2006 p. 145. 3271:Göttingen, 2002, pp. 226-235. 3192:, Leiden/Boston 2010, p. 996. 3150:, Baltimore 1987, p. 277-283. 3046:, Leiden/Boston 2004, p. 406. 2993:La religion romaine archaique 2316:Religion und Kultus der Römer 2227:La religion romaine archaïque 2136:is originally conceived as a 2065:Religion und Kultus der Rőmer 2028:La religion romaine archaïque 1797:Fountain of Neptune, Florence 1734:. Another Etruscan artifact ( 1708:The Temple of Neptune at the 1568:("to water or irrigate") and 904: 740:, one of many members of the 545:god of freshwater and the sea 2372:. Basic Books. p. 412. 2292:The Great Mother of the Gods 2060:, University of Texas Press. 1899:The Apotheosis of Washington 662:Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus 91:Sousse Archaeological Museum 2393:van Aken, A. R. A. (1961). 1351:The etymology of the Latin 992:, who devoted a chapter of 902:Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus 724:(c. 315–325 AD, now at the 4356: 3888:Lucius Tarquinius Superbus 3827: 3163:, VII, p. 691: L. Preller 2863:213-3, 1996, p. 282 n. 112 2689:London, 1912, Appendix II. 1857:Neptune Offering Gifts to 1103: 973:as consorts of their god. 29: 3883:Lucius Tarquinius Priscus 3429: 2640:Varro Lingua Latina V 72. 2289:Showerman, Grant (1901). 1879:Fuente de Neptuno, Madrid 1853:Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1631:Venilia may be rooted in 1560:), derived from the root 1303:were considered Etruscan 61: 51: 44: 4142:Rape of the Sabine Women 3258:Wiesbaden, 1974, p. 118. 3110:Y. Bonnefoy, W. Doniger 2997:Journal of Roman Studies 2522:Dialoghi di Arrcheologia 2368:Fox, Robin Lane (2006). 2178:in the myth narrated by 2121:, Haydock, 1995, p. 215. 2056:Sarolta A. Takacs 2008. 1502:("wooded vale, chasm"). 1182:IV 8, about the role of 1178:nature. From Augustine ( 707:Triumph of Poseidon and 560:Greek-inspired tradition 4147:Battle of Lacus Curtius 3363:Encyclopædia Britannica 3317:, in Bloch 1981 p. 352. 3088:Göttingen, 1896, p. 33. 3003:213-3, 1996, p. 280-281 2748:The Classical Quarterly 2425:De verborum significatu 2314:Wissowa, Georg (1902). 1374:Among modern scholars, 801:(who called themselves 3834: 3402:Ancient Roman religion 2945:N. Thomas De Grummond 2848:De Haruspicum Responso 2676:Augustine above II 11. 2618:London, 1912, p. 346f. 2600:Revue d' Etudes Latins 2421:Sextus Pompeius Festus 2397:. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 2022:Georges Dumézil 1977. 1716: 1359:derived the name from 1348: 1209:De Haruspicum Responso 1170:(lord or husband) and 984:(sea), and Venilia to 918:in honor of the naval 729: 699: 688: 665: 654:Chichester inscription 645: 630: 589:, especially those in 535: 480: 465:Ancient Greek religion 414: 239: 3833: 3301:William Warde Fowler 3148:Comparative Mythology 2982:Berlin, 1858, II p. 1 2932:R. Bloch 1981; Pliny 2768:William Warde Fowler 2685:William Warde Fowler 2661:Varro apud Augustine 2614:William Warde Fowler 2573:Ab Urbe Condita Libri 2538:Wukitsch, Thomas K., 1732:Cabinet des Medailles 1707: 1643:("he loves"), German 1393:("he who is moist"). 1338: 712:, showing the couple 705: 694: 671: 651: 636: 620: 593:, were influenced by 562:, he is a brother of 279:Practices and beliefs 233: 4340:Mythological rapists 4027:Interpretatio graeca 3305:London, 1899, p. 126 3188:Robert S.P. Beekes, 3171:II 54 n. 1 b; Deeke 3137:, p. 25, Paris 1975. 3071:marriage, was named 2457:, vol. 1, pt 2:323; 2063:Georg Wissowa 1912. 1979:Neptune monument in 1949:Neptune Monument in 1934:Neptune fountain in 1875:Juan Pascual de Mena 1793:Bartolomeo Ammannati 1694:William Warde Fowler 1675:nepišaš (D)Tarhunnaš 1576:("the irrigator"). 1347:, Italy, 1st century 1204:interpretatio graeca 892:. It stood near the 540:[nɛpˈtuːnʊs] 482:Interpretatio Graeca 475:Gallo-Roman religion 4280:Neptune (mythology) 4227:Classical mythology 4048:Theology of victory 3893:Kings of Alba Longa 3165:Römische Mythologie 2980:Römische Mythologie 2718:Römische Mythologie 2541:Neptunalia Festival 2370:The Classical World 2279:, pp. 341–344. 2229:, 381, Paris, 1966. 1894:Constantino Brumidi 1780:(c. 1530s or 1540s) 1526:gives the Sanskrit 1455:Karl Otfried Müller 1123:at the foot of the 764:Proto-Indo-European 621:Mosaic of Neptune ( 603:Neptunus equestris, 4305:Sea and river gods 3835: 3344:2016-03-04 at the 3223:Hubert Petersmann 2875:Bonfante, Giuliano 2872:Bloch 1981 p. 348. 2803:Sarolta A. Takacs 2707:Dumezil above p.31 2474:Sarolta A. Takacs 2214:Triumph of Neptune 2030:Paris Payot 1974). 1717: 1671:nepišaš (D)IŠKURaš 1349: 1160:Neptunus equestris 1100:Neptunus equestris 1088:was remembered at 730: 700: 696:Triumph of Neptune 689: 666: 646: 631: 317:funerary practices 240: 74:of Neptune in his 4267: 4266: 4244:Etruscan religion 3858:Romulus and Remus 3841:Legendary figures 3825: 3824: 3474:Castor and Pollux 3280:cf. Festus s. v. 3042:Michiel de Vaan, 3031:Adversus Nationes 2960:Etruscan Religion 2879:Bonfante, Larissa 2759:Bloch 1981 p. 343 2086:, p. 754, citing 1700:Depictions in art 1546:, and the Slavic 1260:On a mirror from 1241:Liver of Piacenza 1133:Flamen Quirinalis 920:victory of Actium 793:, the goddess of 609:of horse-racing. 578:), and the seas. 525: 524: 470:Etruscan religion 428:agricultural gods 327:mystery religions 273: 228: 227: 80:triumphal chariot 16:(Redirected from 4347: 4137:Founding of Rome 3907:Legendary beings 3868:Tullus Hostilius 3705:Abstract deities 3564:Lares Familiares 3427: 3395: 3388: 3381: 3372: 3367: 3359: 3327: 3324: 3318: 3312: 3306: 3299: 3293: 3278: 3272: 3265: 3259: 3252: 3246: 3242: 3236: 3221: 3215: 3208: 3202: 3199: 3193: 3186: 3180: 3157: 3151: 3144: 3138: 3131: 3125: 3108: 3102: 3095: 3089: 3082: 3076: 3053: 3047: 3040: 3034: 3027: 3021: 3010: 3004: 2989: 2983: 2976: 2970: 2956: 2950: 2943: 2937: 2930: 2924: 2922: 2904: 2898: 2896: 2870: 2864: 2857: 2851: 2844: 2838: 2831: 2825: 2818: 2812: 2801: 2795: 2788: 2782: 2779: 2773: 2772:London, 1899, p. 2766: 2760: 2757: 2751: 2744: 2738: 2731: 2725: 2714: 2708: 2705: 2699: 2696: 2690: 2683: 2677: 2674: 2668: 2659: 2650: 2649:Festus p. L s.v. 2647: 2641: 2638: 2632: 2625: 2619: 2612: 2606: 2605:1961 p. 241-250. 2596: 2590: 2583: 2577: 2568: 2562: 2561: 2551: 2545: 2544: 2535: 2529: 2528:1968 p. 302-368. 2518: 2512: 2502: 2496: 2489: 2483: 2472: 2466: 2463:De lingua Latina 2450: 2444: 2437: 2428: 2417: 2411: 2405: 2399: 2398: 2390: 2384: 2383: 2365: 2359: 2353: 2347: 2341: 2335: 2334: 2326: 2320: 2319: 2311: 2305: 2304: 2302: 2300: 2286: 2280: 2274: 2268: 2267: 2265: 2264: 2257:Spain is culture 2249: 2243: 2236: 2230: 2223: 2217: 2198: 2192: 2167:) and father of 2128: 2122: 2112: 2106: 2099: 2093: 2081: 2053: 2047: 2039: 2004: 1976: 1961: 1946: 1931: 1915: 1890: 1871: 1849: 1830:Antoine Coysevox 1826: 1807: 1789: 1767: 1681:V 13-14 reads, " 1668:Hittite theonyms 1661:uterque Neptunus 1647:, and the Latin 1433:Indo-Europeanist 1292:Etruscan Penates 1217:ager latiniensis 909: 906: 894:Circus Flaminius 687:: Llotja de Mar) 683:by Antoni Solà ( 542: 517: 510: 503: 485: 419: 404:Capitoline Triad 262: 260: 250: 242: 219:Irish equivalent 209:Greek equivalent 88: 87: 84:mid-3rd century 66: 37: 21: 4355: 4354: 4350: 4349: 4348: 4346: 4345: 4344: 4270: 4269: 4268: 4263: 4259:Myth and ritual 4254:Greek mythology 4215: 4177: 4173:Pignora imperii 4168:Parabiago Plate 4151: 4120: 4079: 4013: 4007: 3989:Sibylline Books 3923: 3902: 3873:Servius Tullius 3836: 3821: 3700: 3416: 3408: 3399: 3357:"Neptune"  3350: 3346:Wayback Machine 3335: 3330: 3325: 3321: 3315:Jacques Heurgon 3313: 3309: 3300: 3296: 3279: 3275: 3266: 3262: 3256:Die Anitta-Text 3253: 3249: 3243: 3239: 3222: 3218: 3209: 3205: 3200: 3196: 3187: 3183: 3158: 3154: 3145: 3141: 3132: 3128: 3109: 3105: 3101:(1981), p. 347. 3096: 3092: 3083: 3079: 3054: 3050: 3041: 3037: 3028: 3024: 3011: 3007: 2990: 2986: 2978:Ludwig Preller 2977: 2973: 2957: 2953: 2944: 2940: 2931: 2927: 2919: 2906: 2905: 2901: 2893: 2873: 2871: 2867: 2858: 2854: 2845: 2841: 2832: 2828: 2819: 2815: 2802: 2798: 2789: 2785: 2780: 2776: 2767: 2763: 2758: 2754: 2745: 2741: 2732: 2728: 2716:Ludwig Preller 2715: 2711: 2706: 2702: 2697: 2693: 2684: 2680: 2675: 2671: 2664:De Civitate Dei 2660: 2653: 2648: 2644: 2639: 2635: 2626: 2622: 2613: 2609: 2597: 2593: 2584: 2580: 2569: 2565: 2553: 2552: 2548: 2537: 2536: 2532: 2519: 2515: 2503: 2499: 2490: 2486: 2473: 2469: 2451: 2447: 2438: 2431: 2418: 2414: 2406: 2402: 2392: 2391: 2387: 2380: 2367: 2366: 2362: 2354: 2350: 2342: 2338: 2328: 2327: 2323: 2313: 2312: 2308: 2298: 2296: 2288: 2287: 2283: 2275: 2271: 2262: 2260: 2251: 2250: 2246: 2237: 2233: 2224: 2220: 2199: 2195: 2129: 2125: 2119:The Book People 2113: 2109: 2100: 2096: 2082: 2078: 2074: 2040: 2033: 1998: 1995: 1988: 1977: 1968: 1962: 1953: 1947: 1938: 1932: 1923: 1916: 1907: 1891: 1882: 1872: 1863: 1850: 1841: 1827: 1818: 1808: 1799: 1790: 1781: 1768: 1759: 1743:Vatican Museums 1702: 1573: 1565: 1508: 1397:Georges Dumézil 1376:Paul Kretschmer 1367:), alluding to 1333: 1321:Genius Iovialis 1294: 1225: 1180:De Civitate Dei 1166:, derived from 1108: 1102: 995:De Civitate Dei 960: 932: 907: 886: 827: 803:Neptunia proles 787:Sextus Pompeius 615: 605:who was also a 521: 460:Roman mythology 442: 438:divine emperors 423:underworld gods 381: 377:Fratres Arvales 331: 274: 271: 264:Marcus Aurelius 248: 246: 94: 85: 83: 47: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 4353: 4351: 4343: 4342: 4337: 4335:Cattle deities 4332: 4327: 4322: 4317: 4312: 4307: 4302: 4297: 4292: 4287: 4282: 4272: 4271: 4265: 4264: 4262: 4261: 4256: 4251: 4246: 4241: 4240: 4239: 4229: 4223: 4221: 4217: 4216: 4214: 4213: 4212: 4211: 4206: 4201: 4191: 4185: 4183: 4179: 4178: 4176: 4175: 4170: 4165: 4159: 4157: 4153: 4152: 4150: 4149: 4144: 4139: 4134: 4128: 4126: 4122: 4121: 4119: 4118: 4113: 4111:Pythagoreanism 4108: 4106:Peripateticism 4103: 4098: 4093: 4087: 4085: 4081: 4080: 4078: 4077: 4076: 4075: 4070: 4065: 4055: 4050: 4045: 4040: 4035: 4030: 4023: 4017: 4015: 4009: 4008: 4006: 4005: 4004: 4003: 4000:The Golden Ass 3991: 3986: 3985: 3984: 3972: 3967: 3966: 3965: 3958: 3946: 3945: 3944: 3931: 3929: 3925: 3924: 3922: 3921: 3919:Barnacle goose 3916: 3910: 3908: 3904: 3903: 3901: 3900: 3895: 3890: 3885: 3880: 3875: 3870: 3865: 3863:Numa Pompilius 3860: 3855: 3850: 3844: 3842: 3838: 3837: 3828: 3826: 3823: 3822: 3820: 3819: 3814: 3809: 3804: 3799: 3794: 3789: 3784: 3779: 3774: 3769: 3764: 3759: 3754: 3749: 3744: 3739: 3734: 3729: 3724: 3719: 3714: 3708: 3706: 3702: 3701: 3699: 3698: 3693: 3688: 3683: 3678: 3673: 3668: 3663: 3658: 3653: 3648: 3643: 3638: 3633: 3628: 3623: 3618: 3613: 3608: 3603: 3598: 3593: 3588: 3583: 3578: 3573: 3568: 3567: 3566: 3556: 3551: 3546: 3541: 3536: 3531: 3526: 3521: 3516: 3511: 3506: 3501: 3496: 3491: 3486: 3481: 3476: 3471: 3466: 3461: 3456: 3451: 3446: 3441: 3436: 3430: 3424: 3410: 3409: 3400: 3398: 3397: 3390: 3383: 3375: 3369: 3368: 3354:, ed. 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Index

Neptune (god)
Neptune
Dii Consentes

velificans
seahorse
triumphal chariot
Sousse Archaeological Museum
Sea
Horse
trident
dolphin
Neptunalia
Lectisternium
Saturn
Ops
Jupiter
Pluto
Juno
Ceres
Vesta
Salacia
Poseidon
Nechtan

Pompeii
Religion in
ancient Rome

Marcus Aurelius sacrificing
Marcus Aurelius
head covered

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