In consequence of the manner in which be gave his oracles, he was looked upon as the author of spectral appearances and terrifying sounds 12 and he is therefore described as a wanton and voluptuous god, dwelling in woods, and fond of nymphs. 10Īt Rome there was a round temple of Faunus, surrounded with columns, on Mount Caelius and another was built to him, in 196 BCE, on the island in the Tiber, where sacrifices were offered to him on the ides of February, the day on which the Fabii had perished on the Cremera. 9 There is a tradition that Numa, by a stratagem, compelled Picus and his son Faunus to reveal to him the secret of calling down lightning from heaven, and of purifying things struck by lightning. Similar rites are described by Ovid as having taken place on the Aventine.
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8 The rites observed in the former place are minutely described by Virgil: a priest offered up a sheep and other sacrifices and the person who consulted the oracle had to sleep one night on the skin of the victim, during which the god gave an answer to his questions either in a dream or in supernatural voices. 7 The places where such oracles were given were sacred groves, one near Tibur, around the well Albunea, and another on the Aventine, near Rome.
6 They are said to have given their oracles in Saturnian verse, whence we may perhaps infer that there existed in Latium collections of oracles in this meter. 5 What he was in this respect to the male sex, his wife Fauna or Faula was to the female, whence they bore the surnames Fatuus, Fatua, or Fatuellus, Fatuella, derived from fari, fatum.
4 As a prophetic god, he was believed to reveal the future to man, partly in dreams, and partly by voices of unknown origin. The festival of the Faunalia, which was celebrated on the fifth of December, by the country people, with great feasting and merriment, had reference to him as the god of agriculture and cattle. He was therefore in later times worshiped in two distinct capacities: first, as the god of fields and shepherds, and secondly, as an oracular and prophetic divinity. 2 Faunus acts a very prominent part in the mythical history of Latium, for, independent of what he did for agriculture, he was regarded as one of the great founders of the religion of the country hence Lactantius 3 places him on an equality with Numa. 1 In his reign likewise the Arcadian Evander and Hercules were believed to have arrived in Latium. In his reign Faunus, like his two predecessors, Picus and Saturn, had promoted agriculture and the breeding of cattle among his subjects, and also distinguished himself as a hunter.
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Something bitter for the teenager Loo and something rough and dark for Hawley.Īlaskan Brewing Icy Bay IPA or their Smoked Porter would be perfect for the wayward job in Alaska.įor the East, Harpoon Brewery has Hoppy Adventure IPA or Nana’s Nightcap Porter.The son of Picus and father of Latinus, was the third in the series of the kings of the Laurentes. To drink with this book, you could pick from many states since the characters roam from one crime adventure to another but I will pick one from each side of the US. Both Hawley and Loo have grown and learned a bit but they haven’t fake changed, their character arcs remain in motion.
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Loo gets a end of movie style moment that closes the adventure but also leaves some strands open. What makes this book is that it sticks the landing. The interaction between Hawley and Loo as well as flashbacks to friends, enemies and more enemies as well as his love, Lily lend an easy poignancy that has you rooting for them and against their foes. Poor Hawley as he is called, seems like a magnet for bullets which is bad considering his chosen profession is mostly of the illegal kind where guns seem to be plentiful. In time, we learn of the twelve bullets that landed in Samuel Hawley both before and after the birth of Loo (I do hate girls/women with faux boy names). There have been many moves in the past and lots of guns around the house they move into. Where a father and a daughter have returned to where the mother grew up. The book is located in an East Coast small fishing town. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley is one such book.
The type of book that you can picture as a good movie if done right. That rare book that is exciting and literary at the same time. I haven’t had a real page turner in a while.
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