Interpreting the Lemuria as Pietas
The Roman idea of pietas was an important value during the Augustan revival of Rome in the first century. Ovid wrote about a unique ritual in the poem Fasti that focused on piety towards ancestors called Lemuria. The original meaning of the Lemuria ritual has changed through the centuries by the pow...
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OpenSIUC
2018
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| Online Access: | https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2317 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3331&context=theses |