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Penates (110 words) |
 | In Roman mythology, the Penates ("the inner ones") are the patron gods of the storeroom. |
| The Roman state had its own Penates, called Penates Publici. |
| Upon their arrival, the Penates were housed in the Temple of Vesta, on the Forum Romanum. |
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Penates - LoveToKnow 1911 (1082 words) |
| In the household shrine the image of the Lar (dressed in a toga) was placed between the two images of the Penates, which were represented as dancing and elevating a drinking-horn in token of joy and plenty. |
| Intermediate between the worship of the public and private Penates were probably the rites (sacra) observed by each clan (gens) or collection of families supposed to be descended from a common ancestor. |
| Certainly the worship of the Penates, whose altar was the hearth and to whom the kitchen was sacred, was closely connected with that of Vesta, goddess of the domestic hearth. |
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