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relation to harvest, and originated in the idea that the brightest prospects 
were useless without good results. Accordingly he was represented (jig. 19) 
as a youth, bearing in one hand ears of corn, in the other a sacrificial cup. 
At a later period the Romans applied this conception to the success of 
every desirable object, retaining, however, the original attributes of the 
god, as may be observed on a coin of Titus (pl. 16, fig. 24). 
3. Concornia, goddess of harmony, appears on coins as a stately woman, 
sometimes standing though often sitting (pl. 29, jig. 18), and holding in 
one hand a cornucopia, in the other a sacrificial cup. 
4. Fives, goddess of fidelity, holds in one hand a basket with fruits, in 
the other wheat-ears (jig. 14). 
5. Preras, goddess of piety, had various meanings and of course various 
representations. In the character of prety or affection for children she 
appears extending her mantle in a fond protecting manner over two 
children who stand near her (jig. 16). 
6. Pupor, or Punpicrtia, goddess of modesty, was represented as a 
maiden, seated and veiling her face (jig. 17). 
7. Astrma, goddess of equity and justice, like Justitia, held in the one 
hand a cornucopia, in the other a balance (jig. 21). 
8. Sprs, goddess of hope, carries a blossom of the pomegranate tree in 
one hand, and gracefully adjusts her dress with the other (jig. 20). 
9. Fortuna, the goddess of fortune, was variously represented. In 
pl. 19, jig. 8, she carries on her head a diadem and modzus (measure), the 
latter indicating that she does not act blindly and capriciously, but distri- 
butes her favors knowingly and in accordance with merit. Her upper 
garment folds like a veil over her neck; with one hand she points to the 
earth, with the other towards heaven. She is far more simply clad in 
pl. 15, fig. 21b. In fig. 21 a, however, she is represented with her princi- 
pal attributes, the cornucopia and the rudder, but also with other insignia, 
viz. the thunderbolt of Jupiter, the serpent of A%sculapius, the bust of Isis 
and Serapis on the cornucopia, the nebris of Bacchus, the wings of Amor 
or Victoria, the torch of Ceres, the diadem of Juno, the rays of Helios, and 
in the highest point of the head-dress the lotus of Horus. The statue, 
therefore, cannot be regarded as a representation of the goddess of fortune 
alone, but as a combination of the chief attributes of all the deities. Such 
statues were called Signa Panthea. 
10. Vicrorta (pl. 17, fig. 28), goddess of victory, corresponds completely 
with Nike of the Greeks. 
C. Deities of Time. 
1. The Hor or Szasons (pl. 19, jig. 11) were represented as four child- 
ren. Spring is carrying.a flower basket, Swmmer a sickle, Autumn a fruit 
basket and rabbit, and Wenter a rabbit and a branch of a tree for burning. 
2. Avrora, goddess of the rosy morn (pl. 20, jig. 8), rides on a car 
drawn by four horses, preceded by Diana Lucifera bearing two torches. 
Above is seen the head of the bull. In pl. 26, fig. 10 a, we see her 
between her horses. 
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