Household Gods

Category: Gods

1 Epigraphs

“Among the ancients, it was not allowable to sacrifice without Janus and Vesta [=Hestia]” (Fragmentum Bobiense).

“No one [shall worship] the Lar with fire, the Genius with wine, or the Penates with fragrance” (anti-pagan law preserved in Codex Theodosiani 16.10.12)

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2 Pages in this category

• Hestia (Vesta)
• Janus (Ianos)
• Genius, genii, junios
• Lar or Lares (Theoi Katoikidioi)
• Penates (Theoi Patrōoi)
• Apollon Agyieus
• Hekate & Hermes in the household
• Zeus Herkeios (Jupiter Hercius)
• Zeus Ktesios (Iovis Peculiarius)

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3 On the Household Gods

[Work in Progress]