god
The Penates
household gods
The Roman household gods of the storeroom and hearth; their threat of ruin drives men to war and exile.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §1.68 household gods
The Roman household gods of the storeroom and hearth; their threat of ruin drives men to war and exile.
- The Aeneid §2.293 household gods
The Penates, guardian deities of the Trojan household, which Hector and Anchises bid Aeneas carry to a new home.
- The Aeneid §3.12 Penates
The Trojan household gods carried by Aeneas from the flames to a new home.
- The Aeneid §4.21 household gods
The Penates, guardian gods of Dido's house, spattered when her brother slew Sychaeus.
- The Aeneid §8.11 Penates
The Penates, household and state gods of Troy carried by Aeneas to Italy.
- The Aeneid §9.258 Penates
The household and state gods of Troy, sworn by Ascanius.