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Quirinus

This article is about the Roman god. For other uses, see Quirinus (disambiguation).
Quirinus
God of the Roman state
Member of the Archaic Triad
Denarius picturing Quirinus on the obverse, and Ceres enthroned on the reverse, a commemoration by a moneyer in 56 BCE of a Cerealia presented by an earlier Gaius Memmius as aedile[1]
Other namesCurinus, Corinus, Querinus, Queirinus
Major cult centerQuirinal Hill
AbodeQuirinal Hill
Symbolsbeard, religious and military clothing
Gendermale
FestivalsQuirinalia
ConsortHersilia-Hora

In Roman mythology and religion, Quirinus (/kwɪˈraɪnəs/ kwi-RY-nəs,[2] Latin: [kᶣɪˈriːnʊs]) is an early god of the Roman state. In Augustan Rome, Quirinus was also an epithet of Janus, Mars, and Jupiter.[3]

  1. ^ Orlin, Eric (2010). Foreign Cults in Rome: Creating a Roman Empire. Oxford University Press. p. 144.
  2. ^ "Quirinus". Collins Dictionary. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  3. ^ Janus Quirinius in the prayer of the fetiales quoted by Livy (I.32.10); Macrobius (Sat. I.9.15); Ogilvie 1970, p. 84.

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