Genius
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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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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>. | 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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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
