Lupercus
Americannoun
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Lupercus, an ancient Italian god, worshipped by shepherds as the protector of their flocks against wolves.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
"We all took them for Rufinus and Lupercus," the head huntsman rejoined.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
The Latins sometimes called him Incubus or the “Nightmare,” and at Rome he was worshipped as Lupercus, or Lynceus.
From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann
The LUPERCALIA; a festival in honor of Lupercus, the god of fertility, was celebrated on the 15th of February.
From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Pennell, Robert Franklin
On the fifteenth of February, when in that warm clime spring was beginning to open the buds, the shepherds celebrated a feast in honor of Lupercus.
From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Gilman, Arthur
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