La maledizione della sterilità. I Lupercalia come strumento di legittimazione sacrale della politica augustea di incremento demografico
The Lupercalia was a feast with multiple meanings and its origin was attributed by sources to Romulus and Remus. The ritual of the feast, celebrated on February 15th, consisted in a race during which the luperci whip the infecund women with leather strips of goats to make them fertile. The whippings...
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University of Perugia
2017-12-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.otium.unipg.it/otium/article/view/44 |