. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . Domestic Altar. RELIGIOX AXI) RELIUIOlS lXSTITTTION> So lis tirst (lisjiose of tli(^ niiinberless croMcl of !>trau,u;e doctriiK is well known Avliifh makes men, and evengods, of a double nature, and gives each in his life-time twoexistences, one of which continues aftcn- death. The (ieuii pre-. The sided over all the i)henomena of physical and moral life. Xothiugtook place without tliem, and tlu^ favour or enmity reached theindividual, the family, the city, even
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . Domestic Altar. RELIGIOX AXI) RELIUIOlS lXSTITTTION> So lis tirst (lisjiose of tli(^ niiinberless croMcl of !>trau,u;e doctriiK is well known Avliifh makes men, and evengods, of a double nature, and gives each in his life-time twoexistences, one of which continues aftcn- death. The (ieuii pre-. The sided over all the i)henomena of physical and moral life. Xothiugtook place without tliem, and tlu^ favour or enmity reached theindividual, the family, the city, even the whole nation. See p. cxxxvi.—SiiO terra cenxcbaiit rrli/innn ritrnn (i;/i >nirfni>nim (Cio. Tusc. i. 16). - Laips taken from the <umpiinii Museum, and comparatively modern. These statuettes,so full of pretentious affectation, were certahily not honoured with the same strong faithaccorded to the shapeless fetishes of ancient days. The Penates, who ensured joy andabundance to the house, were in late days represented in a joyous attitude, holding in onehand a drinking liom and in the other a dish. 86 ROME UNDEK THE KINGS. The Penates, or gods of the interior, whom Vergil o;illspaternal gods,^ were the spii-its of the house, in wliicli theyprovided abundance, penus. With the Lares or Lords, the si)irits(if ancestors, -n-ere connected all endearing and sweet Lares shared the joys and g
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