26 Jun 2017
LIBIDO, DEATH & TAXES
Libitina, also Libentina or Lubentina, is an ancient Roman goddess of funerals and burial. Her name was used as a metonymy for death,and undertakers were known as libitinarii. Libitina was associated with Venus, and the name appears in some authors as an epithet of Venus. The grove (lucus) of Libitina was located on the Esquiline Hill, as were several religious sites...
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