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NEPTUNE (Lat. NEPTUNUS)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 385 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NEPTUNE (Lat. NEPTUNUS)

NEPTUNE (See also:
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Lat. NEPTUNUS) , an See also:

ITALIAN

Italian See also:

god, of unknown origin and meaning, paired with Salacia, possibly the goddess of the See also:

salt See also:

WATER

water. At an See also:

early date (J99 B.C.) he was identified with the See also:

Greek See also:

POSEIDON

Poseidon (q.v.), when the Sibylline books ordered a See also:

LECTISTERNIUM (from Lat. lectum sternere, "to spread a couch "; urpwyvai in Dion. Halic. xii. 9)

lectisternium in his See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour (See also:

LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy v. 13). His festival, Neptunalia, at which tents were made from the branches of trees, was celebrated on the 23rd of See also:

JULY

July, and his See also:

temple, containing a famous marine See also:

GROUP

group by See also:

SCOPAS

Scopas, stood near the See also:

CIRCUS (Lat. circus, Gr. Kipeos or Kptxot, a ring or' circle; probably " circus " and " ring " are of the same origin)

Circus See also:

FLAMINIUS, GAIUS

Flaminius. In earlier times it was the god Fortunus who was thanked for See also:

NAVAL

naval victories; but Sextus Pompeius called himself son of Neptune, and See also:

Agrippa dedicated to Neptune a temple (See also:

BASILICA

Basilica Neptuni) in the Campus Martins in honour of the naval victory of See also:

ACTIUM (mod. Punta)

Actium.

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