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XII. The gods of the ancient Greeks and 

 Romans were all either Dii majorum gentium, 

 or Dii minorum gentium : that is, of the firft or 

 fecond order. The former were alfo called 

 confentes, magni confultores, &c. According to 

 Ennius they were twelve in number, and are 

 included in thefe verfes : 



Juno, Vefta, Minerva, Ceres, Diana, Venus, Mars, 

 Mercurius, Jovis, Neptunus, Vulcanus, Apollo. 



To thefe were added eight others under the 

 title of fekfli, which were Sol, Luna, Tellus, 

 Genius, Janus, Saturnus, Liber, and Pluto. 

 The fecond order, or minorum gentium, were 

 called Adfcriptitii, Medioximi, Minufcularii, 

 Putatitii, Indigetes, Semones, &c. the prin- 

 cipal of which were ^Efculapius, Bacchus, Caftor, 

 Fauna, Hercules, the Lares or Penates, Pol- 

 lux, Quirinus, Semo Saneus or Dius Fidius, 



XIII. According to the fecond divifion, all 

 their divinities were clafied into, i. Cdeflial 

 gods, 2. Terreftrial gods, 3. Sea gods, and 

 4. the Infernal deities, or Inferi. The celeftial 

 gods were Jupiter, Juno, Apollo, Aurora, 

 Cupid, Cybele, the Graces, Hebe, Iris, Lu- 

 na, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Nemefis, Sa- 

 turn, Themis, Venus, &c. The terreftrial gods 

 were ^Eolus, Aflneus, Aftnea, Ceres, Diana, 

 the Fauni, Feronia, Flora, Janus, Momus, 

 the Mufes, Pales, Pan, Pomona, Priapus, 



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