He was called Portunus by the Romans, and believed to have jurisdiction of the ports and shores. From Wordnik.com. [The Age of Fable] Reference
The Romans identified him with Portunus, the protector of harbours. From Wordnik.com. [The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'] Reference
Matuta to Ino, and Melicerta, or Palæmon, was called Portunus. From Wordnik.com. [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII] Reference
We are struck, as we examine the list further, by the adjectival character of many of the names -- Neptunus, Portunus, Quirinus, Saturnus. From Wordnik.com. [The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus] Reference
Portunus, the conqueror of the Tarquins at Lake Regillus, erected a temple to Ceres, Liber, and Libera, at the western extremity of the Circus Maximus. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.] Reference
For incontinent came the daughters of Nereus, singing with tunes melodiously: Portunus with his bristled and rough beard, Salita with her bosome full of fish, Palemon the driver of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Asse] Reference
0 Responses to “Tidying Up the Temple of Portunus”. From Wordnik.com. [Tidying Up the Temple of Portunus at eternallycool.net] Reference
Portunus was an ancient Roman sea-god. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor] Reference
Portunus took his turn, whose ample hand. From Wordnik.com. [Palamon and Arcite] Reference
The Nereids hear, and old Portunus plies. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor] Reference
A bull to thee, Portunus, shall be slain. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Poets, Volume 1] Reference
And old Portunus with his breadth of hand. From Wordnik.com. [Story of Aeneas] Reference
And old Portunus, with his breadth of hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid English] Reference
Portunus. From Wordnik.com. [Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero] Reference
Portunus. From Wordnik.com. [Palamon and Arcite] Reference
Portunus, Penaeus. From Wordnik.com. [Praise be Neptune!] Reference
Portunus, 118, 122. From Wordnik.com. [The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus] Reference
Laquo; Tidying Up the Temple of Portunus. From Wordnik.com. [Papal Paraphernalia at eternallycool.net] Reference
I have already mentioned, Volcanus, Furrina, Portunus, and Volturnus, to which we may now add Pales, Flora, Carmenta, Pomona, and a wholly unknown deity, Falacer. From Wordnik.com. [The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus] Reference
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