Then Turnus to the gods, and first to Faunus pray'd. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid English] Reference
Looks like Faunus clear reverberates in this tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Fawning over fauns] Reference
Patras; of Apis in Egypt; of Serapis in Canope; of Faunus in. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Fauna was the wife of Faunus, and participated in his functions. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Horace makes Faunus the guardian and protector of men of wit, and. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
He, men say, was sprung of Faunus and the nymph Marica of Laurentum. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
The Romans profess she was one of the Dryads, and married to Faunus. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans] Reference
Silvanus was a woodland divinity, who, like Faunus, greatly resembled the. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
He was like you, sir, a great general; he wears the horns of Juno and Faunus. From Wordnik.com. [The Entire Memoirs of Louis XIV and the Regency]
An example of this is the temple of Jove and Faunus in the Island of the Tiber. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
Effuso cernens fugientes agmine turmas, Quis mea nunc inflat cornua Faunus ait. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Effusas cernens fugientes agmine turmas; quis mea nunc inflat cornua Faunus ait?. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Faunus is described by Ovid with horns on his head, and crowned with the pine tree. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
Priests of this cult would kill a goat (back to Faunus) and cut the goat into bloody strips. From Wordnik.com. [Five Facts on the History of Valentine's Day | myFiveBest] Reference
It was sacred to Pan, he said, which seemed to be what the Greeks called our grandfather Faunus. From Wordnik.com. ['Lavinia'] Reference
Faunus is frequently called Inuus or the fertilizer, and Lupercus or the one who wards off wolves. From Wordnik.com. [Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome] Reference
Faunus tigridis pelli insidens, cauda, &c. 9 9 0 no. From Wordnik.com. [Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance] Reference
Then Turnus to the gods, and firft to Faunus pray'd. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
Now Faunus claims his sacrifice among the shady treen. From Wordnik.com. [The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace] Reference
And to sacrifice to Faunus in some glade amidst the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Horace] Reference
Phares, near Patras; of Apis in Egypt; of Serapis in Canope; of Faunus in. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
Two shepherds, avoiding the noontide heat, retire into the cave of Faunus. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
Faunus, the satyrs, and nymphs, "Sicco Dryades pede Naides udo," are present. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
Faunus J Paii, ciuus coxiuia crcdebautur icrroiCHj im In illaudata laudantes. From Wordnik.com. [Emblemata v. cl. Andreae Alciati : cu imaginibus plerisque restitutis ad mentem auctoris] Reference
Faunus never became domesticated, but he belongs to the same type as Silvanus. From Wordnik.com. [The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus] Reference
But Faunus came from Picus, Picus drew His birth from Saturn, if records be true. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
See a curious story of Omphale, Hercules, and Faunus, in the Fasti of Ovid, B.ii. l. From Wordnik.com. [The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes] Reference
The Bona Dea, or Good Goddess, was a woodland deity, the daughter and wife of Faunus. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology] Reference
His father, Faunus, was the grandson of Saturn, the predecessor and father of Jupiter. From Wordnik.com. [Story of Aeneas] Reference
When AEneas attempted to wrench the spear out, Turnus prayed to Faunus to detain the weapon. From Wordnik.com. [Story of Aeneas] Reference
Latins, the great soothsayer Faunus, was called Fatuus by the witless rabble of the common people. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
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