Temples and Cult Images
Ancient sources describe the Aventine Triad's temple as built in the Greek style. Vitruvius recommends that Liber's temples follow an Ionic Greek model, as a "just measure between the severe manner of the Doric and the tenderness of the Corinthian," respectful of the deity's part-feminine characteristics.
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