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| − | The genius is the vital spirit that accompanied a man from his birth to his death. The genius of a person was honored on his birthday. By the beginning of the Empire, a woman's genius, called the juno was also honoured. | + | The ''genius'' is the vital spirit that accompanied a man from his birth to his death. The ''genius'' of a person was honored on his birthday. By the beginning of the Empire, a woman's ''genius'', called the ''juno'' was also honoured. |
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| + | ==''Genius populi Romani''== | ||
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| + | There was "a shrine dedicated to the Genius of the Roman people, near the temple of Concord in the forum"<ref>[http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Genius_Populi_Romani.html Platner, Topographical Dictionary, 1929]</ref>. | ||
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| + | ==''Genius loci''== | ||
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| + | The ''genius loci'' was the ''genius'' associated with a specific place. A graffito found in a ''excubitorium'' in Ostia "mentions the Genius of the place..." <ref>[http://www.ostia-antica.org/dict/topics/caserma/excubit.htm Ostia: the Fire-Brigade (''Vigiles'')]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
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| + | See also: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genius_%28mythology%29 "Genius" at Wikipedia] | ||
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The genius is the vital spirit that accompanied a man from his birth to his death. The genius of a person was honored on his birthday. By the beginning of the Empire, a woman's genius, called the juno was also honoured.
Genius populi Romani
There was "a shrine dedicated to the Genius of the Roman people, near the temple of Concord in the forum"[1] .
Genius loci
The genius loci was the genius associated with a specific place. A graffito found in a excubitorium in Ostia "mentions the Genius of the place..." [2]
Notes
See also: "Genius" at Wikipedia
