Faunus

Historical Examples of faunus

• He, men say, was sprung of Faunus and the nymph Marica of Laurentum.

  The Aeneid of Virgil

  Virgil

• Fauna was the wife of Faunus, and participated in his functions.

  Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

  E.M. Berens

• Could the pipe of Horace's Faunus be sweeter than that flute?

  What Will He Do With It, Complete

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton

• The tree was sacred to Faunus, but the men of Troy had cut it, and the stump only was left.

  Stories from Virgil

  Alfred J. Church

• He was a great general like yourself, monseigneur; he has the horns of Juno and of Faunus.

  The Correspondence of Madame, Princess Palatine, Mother of the Regent; of Marie-Adlade de Savoie, Duchesse de Bourgogne; and of Madame de Maintenon, in Relation to Saint-Cyr

  Charlotte-Elisabeth, duchesse d Orlans; Marie Adelaide, of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy; and Madame de Maintenon