10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LECTISTERNIUM»
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lectisternium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Religions of Rome: Volume 2, A Sourcebook
5.5b The first 'lectisternium' The lectisternium, a banquet given to, and in honour
of, the gods was first celebrated in the early fourth century B.C. and was
incorporated into several major festivals. It is likely that the custom was
introduced to ...
Mary Beard, John North, S. R. F. Price, 1998
2
The Twelve Gods of Greece and Rome
It seems probable that in the fourth-century celebrations of the lectisternium, the
gods were not represented in human shape. An Etruscan tomb painting found in
Tarquinia and dated to the midfifth century shows a similar type of ceremony.30 ...
3
Roman Civilization: Selected Readings
The first authentic case of the new Hellenic rites was the introduction, in 399 B.C.,
of the lectisternium, the public offering of a sacred meal to images of Greek
deities placed on couches. Closely connected with this was another ritual of
Greek ...
Naphtali Lewis, Meyer Reinhold, 1990
4
The Encyclopædia britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, ...
Similar honours were paid to other divinities in subsequent times — Fortuna,
Saturnus, Juno Regina of the Aventine, the three Capitoline deities (Jupiter, Juno
, Minerva), and in 217, after the defeat of lake Trasimenus, a lectisternium was
held ...
5
The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, ...
Similar honours were paid to other divinities in subsequent times—Fortuna,
Satumus, Juno Regina of the Aventine, the three Capitoline deities (Jupiter, Juno,
Minerva), and in 217, after the defeat of lake Trasimenus, a lectisternium was
held ...
6
The Ceremonial Sculptures of the Roman Gods
Capita deorum, heads of gods, are distinctive among ceremonial genres in being
referred to in texts with a specific title but one which seems to require some
explanation. these texts also link this genre to a specific ceremony, the
lectisternium ...
7
The Roman Goddess Ceres
The Christian writer Arnobius reports on the lectisternium for the Temple of Tellus
: The lectisternium of Ceres will be on the next Ides. For the gods have beds, and
so that they can sleep on softer beds, the impression of the cushions is lifted up ...
Barbette Stanley Spaeth, 2010
8
A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the ...
In addition, an excerpt from Dionysius's lost twelfth book (12.9) cites Calpurnius
Piso, a historian of the late second century b.c., for the celebration of the first
lectisternium in 399 b.c., described in much the same terms as found in Livy 5.13.
4-8.
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Religions of Rome: Volume 2, A Sourcebook
Although Livy's description here of the first Roman celebration of a lectisternium
does not make its origin explicit, various features of hisaccount(some of the
deities honoured and the role ofthe SibyllineBooks– see 1.8;7.5) strongly suggest
a ...
Mary Beard, John North, Simon Price, 1998
10
Roman and European Mythologies
Even more dramatic circumstances, the disasters suffered at the hands of
Hannibal, provoked the celebration of the second lectisternium in 217 b.c. For the
first time in their history, the Romans offered sacrificial meals to a dozen deities, ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LECTISTERNIUM»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
lectisternium is used in the context of the following news items.
Why modern banqueting houses deserve a renaissance
After 399BC (according to Livy), came the “lectisternium” banquet, the concept of a draped couch set in the street with a table of food, ... «Financial Times, Nov 13»
Christmas = Saturnalia, really...?
"Following the sacrifice the Roman Senate arranged a lectisternium, a ritual of Greek origin that typically involved placing a deity's image on a ... «News24, Sep 13»
