Concordia (mythology)
Concordia is the personification of unity in Roman mythology (corresponds to Ὁμόνοια ( Homonoia ) in Greek mythology ). According to the Roman idea, it promotes and maintains the harmony and unity of the citizens of Rome . She was depicted with the attributes of a cornucopia , an offering bowl and hands entwined.
Concordia is one of the ancient Roman virtues personified by the Romans , as well as Fides (loyalty), Spes (hope), Pudicitia (chastity), Iustitia (justice), Virtus (virtue), Pax (peace), Libertas (freedom), Honos ( Honor) or Felicitas (luck). Originally, the ancient Roman deities were not worshiped in pictures or statues. The idea of a world of gods in human form was only adopted by the Greeks and Etruscans .
The Concordia was a temple dedicated to the northwest of the Roman Forum in Rome, which was located at the foot of the Capitol . Every year on January 16, a festival commemorates the inauguration of the temple, which took place on the occasion of the reconciliation between plebeians and patricians after the end of the class struggles in 367 BC. Was built.
literature
- Rudolf Peter: Concordia . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 914-922 ( digitized version ).
- Emil Aust : Concordia. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 1, Stuttgart 1900, Col. 831-835.
- Tonio Hölscher : Homonoia / Concordia . In: Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Volume V, Zurich / Munich 1990, pp. 478–498.
