Temple of Hercules Musarum

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The Temple of Hercules Musarum (Aedes Herculis Musarum) was a

Roman temple dedicated to Hercules Musarum ("Hercules of the Muses") located near the Circus Flaminius in the southern Campus Martius in ancient Rome.[1][2]

History

The temple was built by the

collegium poetarum).[5]

The

Portico of Philippus
(Porticus Philippi).

The temple has not survived but part of its floorplan is known from Fragment 33 of the 3rd century Forma Urbis Romae.[6]

See also

  • Hercules in Roman religion
  • Ara Maxima

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-521-82827-7
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  2. ISBN 978-0-8018-4300-6
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  3. ISBN 978-3-515-08526-7
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  4. ^ a b Jörg Rüpke, Religion in Republican Rome, pp. 153–154.
  5. ^ Rüpke, Religion in Republican Rome, p. 154.
  6. ^ Richardson, L. "Hercules Musarum and the Porticus Philippi in Rome." American Journal of Archaeology 81, no. 3 (1977): 355-61. Accessed May 2, 2021. doi:10.2307/503009.

External links

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