A dictionary of Greek and Roman . oma pinnacle, an eagle is let loose to mount into thesky as the fire ascends, which is believed by theRomans to carry the soul of the emperor fromearth to heaven ; and from that time he is wor-shipped with the other gods. In conformity with this account, it is commonto see on medals struck in honour of an apotheosisan altar with fire on it, and an eagle, the bird ofJupiter, taking flight into the air. The number ofmedals of this description is very numerous. Wecan from these medals alone trace the names ofsixty individuals, who received the honou
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . oma pinnacle, an eagle is let loose to mount into thesky as the fire ascends, which is believed by theRomans to carry the soul of the emperor fromearth to heaven ; and from that time he is wor-shipped with the other gods. In conformity with this account, it is commonto see on medals struck in honour of an apotheosisan altar with fire on it, and an eagle, the bird ofJupiter, taking flight into the air. The number ofmedals of this description is very numerous. Wecan from these medals alone trace the names ofsixty individuals, who received the honours of anapotheosis, from the time of Julius Caesar to thatof Constantine the Great. On most of them theword Consecratio occurs, and on some Greekcoins the word A4>IEPf2Cl2. The following wood-cut is taken from an agate, which is supposed torepresent the apotheosis of Germanicus. (Mont-faucon, Ant. Expl. Suppl. vol. v. p. 137.) In hisleft hand he holds the cornucopia, and Victory isplacing a laurel crown upon him. 106 APPELLATIO. A very similar representation to the above isfound on the triumphal arch of Titus, on whichTitus is represented as being carried up to theskies on an eagle. There is a beautiful represen-tation of the apotheosis of Augustus on an onyx-stone in the royal museum of Paris. Many other monuments have come down to us,which represent an apotheosis. Of these the mostcelebrated is the bas-relief in the Townley galleryin the British Museum, which represents theapotheosis of Homer. Jt is clearly of Roman work-manship, and is supposed to have been executed inthe time of the Emperor Claudius. The wives, and other female relations of theemperors, sometimes received the honour of anapotheosis. This was the case with Livia Augusta,with Poppaea the wife of Nero, and with Faustinathe wife of Antoninus. (Suet. Claud. 11; DionCass. xl. 5 ; Tac. Ann. xvi. 21 ; Capitolin. 26.) APPARITORES, the general name for thepublic servants of the magistrat
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