Ancient legends of Roman history . and, indeed, the very symbol of its life. It is very natural,moreover, that Horatius Codes, admitting him to be anemanation from Vulcan, should have been placed in rela-tion with the Tiber. HORATII AND VALERII 159 We shall put aside the Hellenic myths in which Hephais-tos is constantly placed in relation with water. We shalllimit ourselves to recalling the famous feast of the Vul-canalia on the 23rd of August, when the Romans threwinto the fire pro animis humanis fishes from the Tiber ob-tained by fishermen of the area Vulcani near the shall add th
Ancient legends of Roman history . and, indeed, the very symbol of its life. It is very natural,moreover, that Horatius Codes, admitting him to be anemanation from Vulcan, should have been placed in rela-tion with the Tiber. HORATII AND VALERII 159 We shall put aside the Hellenic myths in which Hephais-tos is constantly placed in relation with water. We shalllimit ourselves to recalling the famous feast of the Vul-canalia on the 23rd of August, when the Romans threwinto the fire pro animis humanis fishes from the Tiber ob-tained by fishermen of the area Vulcani near the shall add that at Ostia, a city situated at the verymouth of the Tiber, the highest magistracies were thepontifex Vulcani and prator Vulcani—titles which recallthe ancient wooden bridge defended by Codes, whose pres-ervation (as is well known) was entrusted to the * Finally, we shall find still another point of con-tact in the legend of Caeculus, the mythical founder ofPraeneste, who, also, was considered the son of Vulcan andh
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