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FLORA , in See also:

Roman See also:mythology, goddess of See also:spring-See also:time and See also:flowers, later identified with the See also:Greek Chioris. Her festival at See also:Rome, the Floralia, instituted 238 B.C. by See also:order of the Sibylline books and at first held irregularly, became See also:annual after 173. It lasted six days (See also:April 28–May 3), the first See also:day being the anniversary of the See also:foundation of her See also:temple. It included theatrical performances and See also:animal hunts in the See also:circus, and vegetables were distributed to the See also:people. The proceedings were characterized by excessive merriment and licentiousness. According to the See also:legend, her See also:worship was instituted by See also:Titus Tatius, and her See also:priest, the See also:flamen Floralis, by Numa. In See also:art Flora was represented as a beautiful See also:maiden, bedecked with flowers (See also:Ovid, See also:Fasti, v. 183 ff.; See also:Tacitus, See also:Annals, ii. 49). The See also:term " flora is used in See also:botany collectively for the plant-growth of a See also:district; similarly " See also:fauna is used collectively for the animals.

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