Penates

Please |help| us convert the |Dictionary of Roman Coins| from scans to text by typing the original text here. Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Penates.  What these were is perspicuously shown by Millin in his Dictionaire de la Fable. According to Servius it was a title given to all deities who were worshipped privately and at home (qui domi coluntur). Cicero (de Nat. Deor. ii) says the Penates are so called sive a penu ducto nomine, est enim omne, quo vescuntur homines, penus, or because penitus insident, they rest in the inmost and most secure part of the family dwelling.

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Penates

Please |help| us convert the |Dictionary of Roman Coins| from scans to text by typing the original text here. Please add updates or make corrections to the NumisWiki text version as appropriate. Penates.  What these were is perspicuously shown by Millin in his Dictionaire de la Fable. According to Servius it was a title given to all deities who were worshipped privately and at home (qui domi coluntur). Cicero (de Nat. Deor. ii) says the Penates are so called sive a penu ducto nomine, est enim omne, quo vescuntur homines, penus, or because penitus insident, they rest in the inmost and most secure part of the family dwelling.

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