Roman Prayer Language Livy and the Aneid of Vergil

additional examples adjective Aeneas Aeneid appears Arvales atque attested audi Augustan bonum faustum felixque carmen Cicero clause colloquial Consul context cult curse deity deos deum diva Ennian Ennius epic esset eveniret faustum felixque sit felix fetial fidem Fratres Arvales gods Greek haec Henzen Horatius Cocles inquit invocation invokes Iuppiter iuro Jupiter language Latin literary Livy Livy and Vergil Livy's history Ludi Saeculares Macrobius Maximus mihi numina nunc oath obtestor occurs official omen passages pater petition phrase Plautus poetic populo Romano prayers prays precor propitious publica quae quam quod bonum faustum reference religious request res publica ritual Romulus Samnites Scipio Scipio Africanus Senate Servius Servius auctus similar sive speaker speech sunt technical formula testor tibi treaty Turnus tutela urbem usage Valerius veneror ver sacrum verb verba Vergil Vergilian vertat vobis volens propitius voti voveo vows words καὶ