Ancient legends of Roman history . andin a short time slew Cacus. Later he was supposedto have erected an altar in honor of the temple ofJupitor Inventor or Invictus and to have sacrificed to himan The myth of Hercules was not localized only on the Aven- 214 ANCIENT LEGENDS OF ROMAN HISTORY tine. Other legends connected Hercules not only with theAventine and the Porta Trigemina, but also with the neigh-boring Forum Boarium. In this latter Forum, indeed, werethe celebrated temple and altar consecrated to this solardeity. And since the story of the stolen oxen constituteda fundamental elem
Ancient legends of Roman history . andin a short time slew Cacus. Later he was supposedto have erected an altar in honor of the temple ofJupitor Inventor or Invictus and to have sacrificed to himan The myth of Hercules was not localized only on the Aven- 214 ANCIENT LEGENDS OF ROMAN HISTORY tine. Other legends connected Hercules not only with theAventine and the Porta Trigemina, but also with the neigh-boring Forum Boarium. In this latter Forum, indeed, werethe celebrated temple and altar consecrated to this solardeity. And since the story of the stolen oxen constituteda fundamental element of the myth and the cult of Her-cules, a celebrated bronze statue (supposed to have beenbrought from ^Egina) adorned the Forum Boarium. Simi-larly, a gilt statue of a bull adorned the Porta connection between Hercules and the bull was so closethat one of the most ancient series of Roman coins repre-sents on one side the image of this animal and on the otherthat of the Argive hero. The golden bull with which the.
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