Lupercus
Americannoun
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Munius Lupercus advances from Vetera with remnant of Legs.
From Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II by Fyfe, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)
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
Lupercus was, primarily, the god of shepherds, said to have been so called because he protected the flocks from wolves.
From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Black, Ebenezer Charlton
"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 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
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