Portunus

This article deals with the Roman deity Portunus. For the genus of crab, see Portunus (genus) .

The Portunus Temple in Rome

Redrawing of the reconstruction of Palladio

Portunus , also Portumnus , was the god of ports in Roman mythology ( Latin portus "port", originally "door").

cult

He was one of the oldest gods of Rome and is known as early as the 6th century BC. Occupied. His mark is the key. The feast of Portunus, the Portunalia or Portumnalia, was celebrated on August 17th . The Mater Matuta was considered his mother. Portunus was equated with the Greek god Palaimon .

Sanctuaries

The Temple of Portunus , a building from the 2nd century BC. BC, is almost completely preserved in the Forum Boarium in Rome . In 872 the temple, which was converted into a church, was consecrated to Mary of Egypt ( S. Maria in Gradelis ). Due to its good preservation, it became a model ( Ionic ) temple for the reception of antiquities during the Renaissance . At times he was attributed to Fortuna Virilis.

literature

• Fabio Caruso:  Portunus . In: Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Volume VII, Zurich / Munich 1994, pp. 444-445.
• Heinz Papenhoff: Portunus. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXII, 1, Stuttgart 1953, Col. 400-402.
• C. Robert Phillips: Portunus. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 10, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01480-0 , Sp. 194.
• Georg Wissowa : Portunus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2785-2788 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Eduard Jacobi: Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology, Volume 2. 1830, p. 689 (original digitized in Harvard University, May 22, 2008).
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica / Portunus
3. ↑ Portumnalia

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