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Zeus : a study in ancient religion - Warburg Institute

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37^<br />

lanus bifrontal <strong>in</strong> ritual<br />

verses chanted b)' them bore the name of lamtW. Further, it would<br />

seem that our bronze gives us an earUer form of the Salian costume<br />

Fig. '^%^.<br />

not a priestly robe resembl<strong>in</strong>g the Doric peplos (figs. 282—284)^<br />

^ Paul, ex Fest. p. 3, 6 ff. Mliller, p. 3, i2ff. L<strong>in</strong>dsay axamenta dicebantur carm<strong>in</strong>a<br />

Saliaria, quae a Saliis sacerdotibus componebantur, <strong>in</strong> universes hom<strong>in</strong>es (C. O. Miiller<br />

cj. decs A. Dammanncj. heroes J. A. Hartungcj. semones W. M. L<strong>in</strong>dsay: 'vix omnes')<br />

co<strong>in</strong>posita. nam <strong>in</strong> decs s<strong>in</strong>gulos versus ficti a nom<strong>in</strong>ibus eoruni appellabantur, ut lanuli,<br />

lunonii, M<strong>in</strong>ervii. The relief of Anagnia, which equips the Salii with plumed helmets,<br />

shields, and Doric p^ploi, perhaps represents them <strong>in</strong> the guise of M<strong>in</strong>erva s<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

Mi7iervii.<br />

^ An aureus {Brit. Mus. Cat. Rom. Co<strong>in</strong>s Rep. ii. 78 pi. 68, 3, Babelon Monti, r^p.<br />

rojii. ii. 83, 416 ff. fig.) and denarii (Morell. Thes. Num. Fa<strong>in</strong>. Rom. i. 372 pi; Sanqu<strong>in</strong>ia,<br />

I, Brit. Mus. Cat. Roni. Co<strong>in</strong>s Rep. ii. 79 pi. 68, 4 ( = my fig. 283), Babelon Mann,<br />

rifp. rom. ii. 83, 418, M. Bahrfeldt Nachtriige und Berichtigungen zur Mi<strong>in</strong>zkmtde der<br />

r'd<strong>in</strong>ischen Republik Wien 1897 p. 233 pi. 10, 244) of \h&gens Sanqu<strong>in</strong>ia, struck <strong>in</strong> 12 B.C.,<br />

show the herald of the ludi saeculares <strong>in</strong> .Salian garb (G. F. Hill Historical Roman Co<strong>in</strong>s<br />

London 1909 p. 149 f.).<br />

Denarii oi Domitian, struck <strong>in</strong> 88 a.d., represent one of the Salii, with plumed helmet,<br />

staff, and shield on which is the head of Mars, stand<strong>in</strong>g before a candelabrum and a cippus<br />

<strong>in</strong>scribed cos xITIi lvd saec fec (Morell. Thcs. Num. Imp. Rom. ii. 428 f. pi. 8, 19,<br />

Cohen Monn. emp. roni? i. 476 nos. 73 f., Stevenson—Smith—Madden Diet. Rom. Co<strong>in</strong>s

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