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. ... Jupiter In Roman mythology, Jupiter (sometimes shortened to Jove) held the same role as Zeus in the Greek pantheon. ... Mars was 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, but she could be represented veiled and blind, as modern depictions of Justice are seen, and came to represent the capriciousness of life. ... Minerva was a Roman goddess of crafts and wisdom. ... This article treats Mercury in cult practice and in archaic Rome. ... 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 a Roman goddess principally associated with love, broadly, although not completely, equivalent to Greek Aphrodite and Etruscan Turan. ... Lares (pl. ... For the son of Napoleon I of France, styled the King of Rome, see Napoleon II of France. ... Religion in ancient Rome combined several different cult practices and embraced more than a single set 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. ... Palaemon 1 This was the birth name given to the Greek hero Herakles and the name he used until the Pythoness at Delphi first addressed him as Herakles when he sought a cure for his madness. ...

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. ImageMetadata File history File links TempleOfPortunus-ForumBoarium. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

The Ionic temple dedicated to Portunus in Rome (illustration, above left) is still more familiar by its erroneous designation, the Temple of Fortuna Virilis ("manly fortune") given it by antiquaries. It is in the ancient Forum Boarium by the Tiber. In Antiquity the site overlooked the Port Tiberinus at a sharp bend in the river; from here, Portunus watched over cattle-barges as they entered the city from Ostia. Architects first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce Paris, 1758 (Plate XX) The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and... An antiquarian is one concerned with antiquities or things of the past. ... 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 Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches in two branches that... Antiquity means ancient times, and may be used of any period before the Middle Ages. ... Ostia scale model The Temple of the goddess Roma on the Forum of Ostia 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 of Fortuna Virilis" in Isaac Ware, The Four Books of Andrea Palladio's Architecture, London, 1738

The temple was built ca 100 BCE and restored in the first century BCE. It owes its state of preservation from its being converted to use as a church in 872 and rededicated to Santa Maria Egyziaca (Saint Mary of Egypt). Its Ionic order has been much admired, drawn and engraved and copied since the 16th century (illustration, left). The original coating of stucco over its tufa and travertine construction has been lost. The temple is similar to the Maison Carrée in Nîmes. Both are raised on high podiums. The Temple of Portunes retains its frontal stairs. Like the Maison Carrée it has a porch (pronaos) two columns deep; the cella has been expanded so that the remaining columns are half-buried in the cella walls, a form called pseudoperipteral, whereas a truly peripteral temple like the Parthenon is entirely surrounded by free-standing columns. Image File history File links PalladioWare1738FortunaVirilis. ... Image File history File links PalladioWare1738FortunaVirilis. ... Events Battle of Hafrsfjord in Norway, Harald Finehair first king of Norway. ... Mary of Egypt (344-421) is revered as a saint most particularly in the Orthodox Church, but also in the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches. ... Architects first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce Paris, 1758 (Plate XX) The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and... Stucco is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water which is applied to a surface in a paste-like consistency when wet and when dry becomes hard. ... Tufa is the name for an unusual geological formation. ... Travertine A carving in travertine Travertine, a natural stone, is a white concretionary form of calcium carbonate that is usually hard and semicrystalline. ... The Maison Carrée at Nimes, France, is one of the best preserved temples to be found anywhere in the territory of the former Roman Empire. ... Location within France Nîmes is a city and commune of southern France, préfecture (capital) of the Gard département. ... A cella, in Ancient Greek and Roman temples was the central room that housed cult statues. ... The Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west The Parthenon (Greek: Παρθενών) is the most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece and one of the most famous buildings in the world. ...

The circular Temple of Hercules Victor is located behind the Temple of Portunus in the Forum Boarium. The Temple of Hercules Victor, in the Forum Boarium The Temple of Hercules Victor or Hercules Olivarius, located in the Forum Boarium in Rome, is a round temple of Greek peripteros (enclosed chamber) design. ...

External Links

• Temple of Portune
• Mary Ann Sullivan, "Temple of Fortuna Virilis (Temple of Portunus)"
• Images of Temple of Fortuna Virilis (or Portunus