Ancient Sources
Carl Koch compiled a list of Latin authors and inscriptions using the phrase di indigetes or Indiges:
- Livy 1.2.6, on the end of the mortal life of Aeneas on the river Numicus and his identification with or assimilation to Iovem Indigetem in that place.
- Livy 8.9.6, the formula of the devotio of Decius Mus
- CIL I Elog. I from Pompeii: ... apellatusque est Indige(n)s Pater et in deorum numero relatus.
- Vergil, Aeneid 12.794, as an epithet of Aeneas
- Pliny, Natural History 3.56, as an epithet of Sol
- CIL 10.5779 from Sora, Iovi Airsii Dis Indigetibus cum aedicl(a) et base di? et porticu.
- Vergil, Georgics 1.498, Dii patrii Indigetes et Romule Vestaque Mater... .
- Ovid, Metamporphoses 15.862, ...di Indigetes genitorque Quirine..., in the invocation that concludes the poem.
- Silius Italicus, Punica 9.278, Di Indigetes Faunusque satorque Quirinus; also X 435 f.
- Lucan, Pharsalia 1.556, mentions the di indigetes along with the Lares.
- Claudian, Bellum Gildonicum 1.131
- Macrobius, Ad Somnium Scipionis 1.9
- Symmachus, Relatio 3.10
Read more about this topic: Di Indigetes
Famous quotes containing the words ancient and/or sources:
“When I was young, beautiful ancient statues were castrated, so that the eye might not be corrupted.... Nothing was gained, unless horses and asses had also been castrated.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the sources of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
—P.J. (Patrick Jake)