Ancient legends of Roman history . th ofFebruary) must be connected with this cult and that feast the priests, who had been instrumentalin prolonging its existence, ran naked at the foot of thePalatine, and struck with straps of goat-skin those womenwho desired to become mothers. The priests symbolizedthe god Innus or Lupercus These rites andceremonies represent to us the earliest beliefs of the ancientRomans. They were partly changed in the official tradi-tion on account of new and foreign -elements which wereintroduced into the Palatine,—an influx due to a changein b
Ancient legends of Roman history . th ofFebruary) must be connected with this cult and that feast the priests, who had been instrumentalin prolonging its existence, ran naked at the foot of thePalatine, and struck with straps of goat-skin those womenwho desired to become mothers. The priests symbolizedthe god Innus or Lupercus These rites andceremonies represent to us the earliest beliefs of the ancientRomans. They were partly changed in the official tradi-tion on account of new and foreign -elements which wereintroduced into the Palatine,—an influx due to a changein both the tastes of the people and in their and Acca Larentia had been divinities of thePalatine and the parents of the Lares,—the founders ofthe city. They had been, respectively, a goat and a she-wolf. Faustulus then became the chief swineherd of theAlban king; and the she-wolf was transformed into AccaLarentia, his wife, styled lupa on account of her loosemorals. Furthermore, the legends and the cults of the. THE ORIGIN OF ROME, AFTER AN ALTAR FROM OSTIA
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