god
Fauns
Rustic woodland spirits, attendant on the countryside, invoked with the Dryads in the proem.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §8.314 fauns
The Fauns, rustic woodland spirits who, with the nymphs, first held these woods.
- The Georgics §1.10 Fauns
Rustic woodland spirits invoked with the Dryads as ever-present powers of the countryside.