GRS 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Capitoline Triad, Temple Of Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Rhea Silvia

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRS 381
• Professor: Erkstein

Document Summary

Jupiter/jove = zeus: temple of jupiter (optimus maximus -> best and greatest), juno and minerva on capitoline hill. Juno = hera - included in capitoline triad: matronalia march 1st celebrated by roman women (matrona = a roman married woman) Minerva = athena - included in capitoline traid goddess of wisdom and crafts. Mars = ares - campus martius = field of mars: mars + rhea silvia = romulus (founder of the city of rome claimed divine ancestry) and remus. Ceres = demeter - goddess of the grain cerealia april 12-19 - daughter proserpina = Mercury = hermes - god of commerce, latin merx merchandise. Neptune = poseidon - god of the sea neptumalia july 23. Vulcan= hephaestus god of the forge vulcanalia august 23rd, lived under mt. Bacchus = dionysus god of wine bacchanalia (mystery cult) italian = liber (the liberator) Pluto/dis = hades god of the underworld and the dead, greek: plutos = wealth, roman underworld = orcus (tartarus)