In Roman mythology, Portunes (alternatively spelled Portumnes or Portunus) was a god of keys and doors and livestock. He later became associated with Palaemon and became primarily a god of ports and harbors. He protected the warehouses where grain was stored. Roman mythology can be considered as two parts. ... In Roman mythology, Jupiter (sometimes shortened to Jove) held the same role as Zeus in the Greek pantheon. ... Mars was the Roman god of war, the son of Juno and a magical flower (or Jupiter). ... In Roman mythology, Quirinus was a mysterious god. ... Vesta was the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman mythology, analogous to Hestia in Greek mythology. ... Juno was the equivalent of the Greeks Hera, queen of the gods. ... In Roman mythology, Fortuna (Greek equivalent Tyche) was the personification of luck, hopefully of good luck. ... Minerva was a Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom. ... Mercury is a god, also known as the god of trade, profit and commerce. ... Vulcan, in Roman mythology, is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and husband of Maia and Venus. ... For other uses, see Ceres (disambiguation). ... Venus is the Roman goddess of love, equivalent to Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan Turan. ... Lares (pl. ... There were seven traditional Kings of Rome before the establishment of the Roman Republic. ... Ancient Roman religion was a combination of several different practices and sets of beliefs. ... A flamen was a priest of the Roman religion. ... Roman mythology was strongly influenced by Greek mythology and Etruscan mythology. ... In early Roman mythology, the Dei Lucrii were early gods of wealth, profit, commerce and trade. ... In Roman mythology, Eventus Bonus (good ending) was a god of success both in commerce and in agriculture. ... In Roman mythology, the goddess Furina was the patroness of thieves. ... Roman mythology can be considered as two parts. ... Melicertes (later called Palaemon), in Greek mythology, the son of the Boeotian prince Athamas and Ino, daughter of Cadmus. ...

His festival, on August 17, was the Portunalia. On this day, keys were thrown into a fire for good luck in a very solemn and lugubrious manner. His attribute was a key. http://arthist. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

There is a temple of Portunus in Rome( pictured), in the ancient Forum Boarium by the Tiber. From here, Portunus watched over cattle-barges as they entered the city from Ostia. The Forum Boarium was the cattle market of ancient Rome. ... Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third longest river in Italy (disputed — see talk page) at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through the Campagna and Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in... Ostia, an ancient town on the coast facing the Tyrrhenian Sea, in Latium, Italy, was the harbour of ancient Rome and perhaps its first colonia. ...

The temple was restored in the first century BC and is so well preserved because the temple was converted to use as a church late in the ninth century.

The circular Temple of Hercules Victor is located behind the Temple of Portunus in the Forum Boarium.

External Links

• Temple of Portune (http://www2.siba.fi/%7Ekkoskim/rooma/pages/PORTUNUS.HTM)