Cultus Apollinis
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| − | 28 B.C. Apollo Palatinus: a.d. | + | 28 B.C. Apollo Palatinus: a.d. VII ID Oct. October 9 |
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| + | 431 B.C Apollo in pratis Flaminiis: III ID. Quinct. July 13 | ||
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Festivals: | Festivals: | ||
| − | + | Ludi Apollinares: prid non -III ID Quinct. July 6-13 | |
Revision as of 05:42, 23 June 2007
-Hesiod, Theogony 920
Apollo is the ancient Greek god of healing, oracles and inspiration. He had no indigenous Roman counterpart, and always remained a foreign god. He was worshipped in Rome primarily as Apollo Medicus, Apollo the healer. Apollo was actually quite a minor god in Italy and did not become popular until the advent of Augustus who built a magnificent temple on the Palatine to him. His cult was supervised by the decemviri sacris faciundis in ritu graecu.
Dedication days, dies natalis, for his Temples:
28 B.C. Apollo Palatinus: a.d. VII ID Oct. October 9
431 B.C Apollo in pratis Flaminiis: III ID. Quinct. July 13
Festivals: Ludi Apollinares: prid non -III ID Quinct. July 6-13
In 430 BCE, the Temple of Apollo Medicus was dedicated to Apollo on account of a plague. Located near the Theater of Marcellus, three fluted white marble Corinthian columns of this temple were re-erected in modern times. Fragments of this temple are found in the Montemartini Museum.
During the Second Punic War in 212 BCE, the Ludi Apollinares were instituted in his honor.
