CLA233H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Loeb Classical Library, Carmen Saeculare, Voluptas
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Romans believed that they were the most loyal and respectful to the gods. Most served as to reassure them that the gods were with them in their deeds. Others to protect them and their fulfill their needs. I. e. good harvest, safe trip, protect home etc. You should thin out a grove with the roman ritual as follows. Sacrifice a pig as a propitiatory offering, and utter the following prayer: whether you are a god or a goddess, you whose sacred. For these reasons therefore be honoured by this sacrifice of an offering-pig. Cato the elder ( the censor ), on agriculture 139. Emphasis on roman rituals romans the only one who can show the correct ritual to the gods: wasn t really spiritual (roman religion as a whole, in anitiquity) Moreso to fulfill needs: god of nature significant in countryside. Major ones: (a) zuess = jupiter, hera = juno, demeter = ceres, hestia = vesta, poseidon =
