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SUMMANUS , according to some, an old Sabine or Etruscan
influence was the nocturnal heavens, thunderstorms at night being attributed to him, those by day to Jupiter. Summanus had a temple at Rome near the Circus Maximus, dedicated at the time of the invasion of Italy
Epirus
Plautus (Bacchides iv. 8, 54) Summanus and the verb summanare are used for the god of thieves and the act of stealing, with obvious reference to Summanus as a god of night, a time favourable to thieves and their business. The later explanation that Summanus is a contraction from Summus Manium (the greatest of the Manes), and that he is to be identified with Dis Pater
Scc Augustine , De civitate dei, iv. 23; Ovid . Fasti
s.v. Provorsum fulgor; G. Wissowa, Religion and Kultus der Romer (1902) ; W. W. Fowler, The Roman Festivals (1899). End of Article: SUMMANUS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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