Penetralis

A surname or epithet given to the several divinities at Rome, that were worshiped in the Penetrale, or the central part of the house, such as Jupiter, Vesta, the Di Penates, etc.

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References

Sources

  • Festus, s.v. Herceus.
  • Seneca. Oedipus, 265.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.