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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Пенати – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пенати" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di_Penates" title="Di Penates – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Di Penates" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penats" title="Penats – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Penats" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen%C3%A1ti" title="Penáti – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Penáti" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penater" title="Penater – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Penater" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penaten" title="Penaten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Penaten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penates" title="Penates – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Penates" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penatoj" title="Penatoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Penatoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penate" title="Penate – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Penate" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7" title="پنات‌ها – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پنات‌ها" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9nates" title="Pénates – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pénates" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Պենատներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պենատներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penati" title="Penati – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Penati" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di_Penates" title="Di Penates – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Di Penates" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penati" title="Penati – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Penati" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="პენატები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პენატები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penates" title="Penates – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Penates" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penatai" title="Penatai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Penatai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8" title="Пенати – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Пенати" data-language-autonym="Македонски" 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noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Household deities in ancient Roman religion</div> <table style="border: 1px #cccccc solid; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9; float:right; clear:right; margin:0.3em 0 0.3em 1em;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:4px; border: 1px #cccccc solid;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:AR_serrate_denarius_of_C._Sulpicius_C._f._Galba.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/AR_serrate_denarius_of_C._Sulpicius_C._f._Galba.jpg/260px-AR_serrate_denarius_of_C._Sulpicius_C._f._Galba.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/AR_serrate_denarius_of_C._Sulpicius_C._f._Galba.jpg/390px-AR_serrate_denarius_of_C._Sulpicius_C._f._Galba.jpg 1.5x, 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title="Aeneid">Aeneid</a>. According to the prophecy, in the place where a white sow casts 30 piglets under an oak tree, a new city shall be built (<a href="/wiki/Lavinium" title="Lavinium">Lavinium</a>); also, a new city called after the white sow shall be built by <a href="/wiki/Ascanius" title="Ascanius">Ascanius</a> 30 years later (<a href="/wiki/Alba_Longa" title="Alba Longa">Alba Longa</a>). <p><a href="/wiki/Silver" title="Silver">Silver</a> serrate <a href="/wiki/Denarius" title="Denarius">denarius</a> struck by C. <a href="/wiki/Sulpicia_(gens)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sulpicia (gens)">Sulpicius</a> C. f. Galba in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> 106 BC. ref.: Sulpicia 1., Sydenham 572., Crawford 312/1 </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aeneis_3_147.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Aeneis_3_147.jpeg/260px-Aeneis_3_147.jpeg" decoding="async" width="260" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Aeneis_3_147.jpeg/390px-Aeneis_3_147.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Aeneis_3_147.jpeg/520px-Aeneis_3_147.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="418" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Aeneas" title="Aeneas">Aeneas</a> and the Penates, from a 4th-century manuscript</figcaption></figure> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome" title="Religion in ancient Rome">ancient Roman religion</a>, the <b>Di Penates</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Latin:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="la-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Latin" title="Help:IPA/Latin">[ˈdiː<span class="wrap"> </span>pɛˈnaːteːs]</a></span>) or <b>Penates</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">English: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">pin-<span style="font-size:90%">AY</span>-teez</i></a>) were among the <i>dii familiares</i>, or <a href="/wiki/Household_deity" title="Household deity">household deities</a>, invoked most often in domestic rituals. When the family had a meal, they threw a bit into the fire on the hearth for the Penates.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were thus associated with <a href="/wiki/Vesta_(mythology)" title="Vesta (mythology)">Vesta</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lares" title="Lares">Lares</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Genius_(mythology)" title="Genius (mythology)">Genius</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Pater_familias" title="Pater familias">pater familias</a></i> in the "little universe" of the <i><a href="/wiki/Domus" title="Domus">domus</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Like other domestic deities, the Penates had a public counterpart.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Di_Penates&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Etymology" title="Etymology">etymological</a> interpretation of the Penates would make them in origin <a href="/wiki/Tutelary_deity" title="Tutelary deity">tutelary deities</a> of the storeroom, <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> <i>penus</i>, the innermost part of the house, where they guarded the household's food, wine, oil, and other supplies.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As they were originally associated with the source of food, they eventually became a symbol of the continuing life of the family.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a> explained that they "dwell inside, from which they are also called <i>penetrales</i> by the poets".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2nd-century AD grammarian <a href="/wiki/Sextus_Pompeius_Festus" title="Sextus Pompeius Festus">Festus</a> defined <i>penus</i>, however, as "the most secret site in the shrine of Vesta, which is surrounded by curtains."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Macrobius" title="Macrobius">Macrobius</a> reports the theological view of <a href="/wiki/Varro" class="mw-redirect" title="Varro">Varro</a> that "those who dig out truth more diligently have said that the Penates are those through whom we breathe in our inner core <i>(penitus)</i>, through whom we have a body, through whom we possess a rational mind."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_Penates">Public Penates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Di_Penates&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Public Penates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Penates of Rome (<i>Penates Publici Populi Romani</i>) had a temple on the Velia near the <a href="/wiki/Palatine_Hill" title="Palatine Hill">Palatine</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus" title="Dionysius of Halicarnassus">Dionysius of Halicarnassus</a> says it housed statues of two youths in the archaic style.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The public <a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_ancient_Roman_religion#cultus" title="Glossary of ancient Roman religion">cult</a> of the ancestral gods of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_people" title="Roman people">Roman people</a> originated in <a href="/wiki/Lavinium" title="Lavinium">Lavinium</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where they were also closely linked with <a href="/wiki/Vesta_(mythology)" title="Vesta (mythology)">Vesta</a>. One tradition identified the public Penates as the sacred objects rescued by <a href="/wiki/Aeneas" title="Aeneas">Aeneas</a> from <a href="/wiki/Troy" title="Troy">Troy</a> and carried by him to Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They, or perhaps rival duplicates, were eventually housed in the <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Vesta" title="Temple of Vesta">Temple of Vesta</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Forum" title="Roman Forum">Forum</a>. Thus, the Penates, unlike the localized Lares, are portable deities.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Archaeological evidence from Lavinium shows marked influence from <a href="/wiki/Archaic_Greece" title="Archaic Greece">Greece in the archaic period</a>, and Aeneas was venerated there as <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_Indiges" title="Jupiter Indiges">Jupiter Indiges</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the New Year on <a href="/wiki/Martius_(month)" title="Martius (month)">March 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roman_magistrate" title="Roman magistrate">Roman magistrates</a> first sacrificed to <a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Jupiter_Optimus_Maximus" title="Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus">Capitoline Jupiter</a> at Rome, and then traveled to <a href="/wiki/Lavinium" title="Lavinium">Lavinium</a> for sacrifices to Jupiter Indiges and Vesta, and a ceremonial visit to the "Trojan" Penates.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Di_Penates&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hestia" title="Hestia">Hestia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penny_Penates" title="Penny Penates">Penny Penates</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Di_Penates&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Maurus_Servius_Honoratus" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurus Servius Honoratus">Servius</a>, note to <i><a href="/wiki/Aeneid" title="Aeneid">Aeneid</a></i> 1.730, as cited by Robert Schilling, "The Penates," in <i>Roman and European Mythologies</i> (University of Chicago Press, 1981, 1992), p. 138.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a>, <i>De natura deorum</i> 2.60–69, as cited by Jane Chance, <i>Medieval Mythography: From Roman North Africa to the School of Chartres, A.D. 433–1177</i> (University Press of Florida, 1994), p. 73.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Celia E. Schutz, <i>Women's Religious Activity in the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a></i> (University of North Carolina Press, 2006), p. 123.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Schutz, <i>Women's Religious Activity</i>, p. 123; Sarah Iles Johnston, <i>Religions of the Ancient World</i> (Harvard University Press, 2004), p. 435; Schilling, "The Penates," p. 138.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFMorfordLenardon,_Robert_J.Sham,_Michael2011" class="citation book cs1">Morford, Mark P.O.; Lenardon, Robert J.; Sham, Michael (2011). <i>Classical Mythology</i> (Ninth ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 80–82. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780195397703" title="Special:BookSources/9780195397703"><bdi>9780195397703</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Classical+Mythology&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pages=80-82&rft.edition=Ninth&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=9780195397703&rft.aulast=Morford&rft.aufirst=Mark+P.O.&rft.au=Lenardon%2C+Robert+J.&rft.au=Sham%2C+Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADi+Penates" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Cicero" title="Cicero">Cicero</a>, <i>De natura deorum</i> 2.68, as cited by Schilling, "The Penates," p. 138.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Sextus_Pompeius_Festus" title="Sextus Pompeius Festus">Festus</a> 296L, as cited by Schilling, "The Penates," p. 138.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Qui diligentius eruunt veritatem Penates esse dixerunt per quos penitus spiramus, per quos habemus corpus, per quos rationem animi possidemus</i>: <a href="/wiki/Macrobius" title="Macrobius">Macrobius</a>, <i>Saturnalia</i> 3.4.8–9, quoting Varro; Sabine MacCormack, <i>The Shadows of Poetry: Vergil in the Mind of Augustine</i> (University of California Press, 1998), p. 77; H. Cancik and H. Cancik-Lindemaier, "The Truth of Images: Cicero and Varro on Image Worship," in <i>Representation in Religion: Studies in Honor of Moshe Barasch</i> (Brill, 2001), pp. 48–49.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dionysius of Halicarnassus, <i>Roman Antiquities</i> 1.68.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Varro" class="mw-redirect" title="Varro">Varro</a>, <i>De lingua latina</i> 5.144, says of Lavinium that "this is where our Penates are"; Tim Cornell, <i>The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000–264 BC)</i> (Routledge, 1995), p. 66.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ovid" title="Ovid">Ovid</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fasti_(Ovid)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fasti (Ovid)">Fasti</a></i> 3.615; <a href="/wiki/Propertius" title="Propertius">Propertius</a> 4.1.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnston, <i>Religions of the Ancient World</i>, p. 435.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cornell, <i>The Beginnings of Rome</i>, pp. 66, 68 and 109; Schutz, <i>Women's Religious Activity</i>, p. 123.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Emma_Dench" title="Emma Dench">Emma Dench</a>, <i>Romulus' Asylum: Roman Identities from the Age of Alexander to the Age of Hadrian</i> (Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 202; <a href="/wiki/Arnaldo_Momigliano" title="Arnaldo Momigliano">Arnaldo 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