Difference between revisions of "Janus"

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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_134934" /> ==
<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>
       
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45708" /> ==
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45708" /> ==
<p> (See [[Janum]]). </p>
<p> (See [[Janum]]). </p>
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Revision as of 09:08, 12 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.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]

(See Janum).

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]

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.

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