Furinalia

Furinalia

The Furinalia were Roman festivals instituted in honour of Furrina, the goddess of robbers among the Romans; they took place on July 25. This goddess had a temple at Rome, and was served by a particular priest, who was one of the fifteen Flamens. Near the temple there was a sacred wood, in which Caius Gracchus was killed. Cicero takes her to be the same as one of the Furies.

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* [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Lucus_Furrinae.html Lucus Furrinae] entry in "Platner's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome"


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