Manes

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The Manes, di manes, were the spirits of the dead.


Epigraphy

epitaph from a marble cippa found in Rome
Animae sanctae colendae
diis manibus sacrum

Furia Spes L. Sempronio Firmo coniugi carissimo mihi. Vt cognoui, puer puella obligati sumus amore pariter; cum quo vixi tempore minimo, et quo tempore vivere debuimus a manu mala disparati sumus. Peto vos, Manes santissimae, commendat<um>habeatis meum carum et vellitis huic indulgentissimi esse, horis nocturnis ut eum videam, et etiam me fato suadere, vellit, ut et ego possim dulcius et celerius aput eum pervenire.

CIL, VI, 18817

References

Corpus de Prieres Greques et Romaines

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