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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_134934" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_134934" /> == | ||
<p> (n.) | <p> (n.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to [[Janus]] the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the [[Temple]] of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75402" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75402" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A very ancient [[Italian]] deity who presided over the beginning of the several divisions of time, as well as the beginning of all enterprises, in connection with which he was worshipped; he had two heads, or faces, one of which looked behind into the past and the other before into the future, and this power of penetrating into both it is said [[Saturn]] endowed him with as a reward for receiving him on earth when he was driven out of heaven. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:35, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A very ancient Italian deity who presided over the beginning of the several divisions of time, as well as the beginning of all enterprises, in connection with which he was worshipped; he had two heads, or faces, one of which looked behind into the past and the other before into the future, and this power of penetrating into both it is said Saturn endowed him with as a reward for receiving him on earth when he was driven out of heaven.
