Lares Compitales
deity intermediate Roman single tradition · 3
The Lares Compitales were the tutelary gods of a neighborhood (vicus), each of which had a compitum (shrine) devoted to these.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 500 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 500
- Historical notes
- Attested in Republican and Imperial eras of Rome.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Lares Praestites, Lare, Genius Augusti, Vulcan, Minerva, Jupiter, Aphrodite, Vesta, genius loci, Juno, Genius, Victory, Fortuna, Magna Mater, Mars Camulus, Penates, Hercules, Silvanus, Fortuna Conservatrix, Agathe Tyche
- aspect of
- Lares
- served by
- Apollo
Mentioned by
- Vulcan
- Minerva
- Jupiter
- Aphrodite
- Vesta
- genius loci
- Juno
- Genius
- Victory
- Fortuna
- Magna Mater
- Mars Camulus
- Penates
- Hercules
- Silvanus
- Fortuna Conservatrix
and 2 more
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“The Lares Compitales were the tutelary gods of a neighborhood (vicus), each of which had a compitum (shrine) devoted to these.”
#9087 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“These 265 local districts had their cult organised around the Lares Compitales (guardian spirits or lares of the crossroads), which the emperor Augustus transformed into Lares Augusti along with the Genius Augusti.”
#9439 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“However, Lares Praestites and the Lares Compitales (renamed Lares Augusti) should probably not be considered identical. Their local festivals were held at the same Compitalia shrines, but at different times.”
#9998 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001