INDEX OF SUBJECTS
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Fowler, W. Warde (William Warde)
Vesta: aedes, 148-9, 151-4, 335; connexion with Janus, 282-3, 287-8, 334-5; festival, 145-54; functions, 150; hearth-goddess, 147-8, 150, 282-3, 287-8, 334, 337; laurels fixed on aedes, 5, 36, 153; penus Vestae, 83, 148, 149-50, 153, 288; origin of cult, 146-8, 149, 282-3; sacred fire, 5, 35, 114, 147-8, 150-1, 153.
Vestalia, 145-54; character, 115, 126, 154; mourning of Flaminica Dialis, 115, 146, 149, 151, 153; salt-cake used, 110, 115, 148.
Vestal Virgins, 36, 68-9, 306, 324, 335; festivals shared in, 52, 57, 71, 85, 112, 114-15, 150, 256; functions, 147, 149-51, 288; representative of daughters of family, 36, 111, 147, 149, 213, 256, 288, 334; salt-cake made by, 110-1, 115, 148, 149, 153, 205, 311.
Vetches, 94.
Victory, temple of, 70.
Viminal, cults on, 229.
Vinalia, 10, 338; connexion with Jupiter, 85, 86-8, 338; with Venus, 85-6, 204; Priora, 85-8; Rustica, 10, 85, 86, 87, 189, 204-6.
Vitulatio, 179.
Volcanalia, 189, 209-11.
Volcanus, 209-11; connexion with Maia, 123, 210; festivals, 123, 209-10; functions, 123-4, 210; temple, 211.
Volturnalia, 214.
Volturnus, 214.
Volupia, 274.
Vortumnus, 201, 341.
War: conduct of, 216; declaration of, 134, 230; gods of, 126, 134-5, 207, 248, 249.
Water: deities of, 187, 189.
Weddings: see Marriages.
Weeks: eight days, 7, 8.
Wells and springs: sanctity, 240.
Wheel symbol, 161, 169-70.
Wills: sanctioned by Comitia Curiata, 63, 123.
Wine: festivals, 85-8, 204-6, 236, 239-40; introduction of vine into Italy, 88, 97, 236; Jupiter’s connexion with, 55, 88, 240; Venus’ connexion with, 86, 204; vintage, 236.
Wolf: corn; see Corn-spirit; sacred to Mars, 311, 334.
Women, 262; deities of, 38, 68, 102-3, 106, 155-6, 167-8, 200-1, 291-3; excluded from worship of Hercules, 102, 103, 142, 194; festivals, 38, 67-8, 102-3, 142, 148, 154-6, 178-9, 255-6, 291; oaths, 142; rites to produce fertility, 94-5, 104, 178-9, 262, 302, 311, 315, 318-21.
Woods, importance in religion, 183-4.
Year: beginning, 5-7, 35-6, 278; lunar, 1-3; method of reckoning, 1-4; solar, 1-3.