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In [[Roman mythology]], '''Clitumnus''' ({{ |
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Reference to Clitumnus is best attested in Pliny the Younger "Letters" 8.8 |
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⚫ | In [[Roman mythology]], '''Clitumnus''' ({{IPAc-en|k|l|ᵻ|ˈ|t|ʌ|m|n|ə|s}}; {{Lang-lat|Clītumnus}}) was a son of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]]. He was the god of the [[Clitunno River]] in [[Umbria]]. |
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Reference to Clitumnus is best attested in [[Pliny the Younger]] "Letters" 8.8: "Hard by is an ancient and sacred temple, where stands Jupiter Clitumnus himself clad and adorned with a [[Toga#Varieties|toga praetexta]], and the oracular responses delivered there prove that the deity dwells within and foretells the future."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pliny |last2=Firth |first2=J.B. (tr.) |title=Letters 8.8 |date=1900 |url=http://www.attalus.org/old/pliny8.html |accessdate=Mar 21, 2019}}</ref> |
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The Roman Emperor [[Caligula]] visited the sacred grove prior to his invasion of Germany, presumably to consult the oracle of Clitumnus.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hofmann |first1=Paul |title=A Fount of Poetic Inspiration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/20/travel/a-fount-of-poetic-inspiration.html |accessdate=Mar 21, 2019 |agency=The New York Times |date=Sep 20, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Suetonius |title=Caligula 43 |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Suet.%20Cal.%2043&lang=original |accessdate=Mar 21, 2019}}</ref> |
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InRoman mythology, Clitumnus (/klɪˈtʌmnəs/; Latin: Clītumnus) was a son of Oceanus and Tethys. He was the god of the Clitunno RiverinUmbria.
Reference to Clitumnus is best attested in Pliny the Younger "Letters" 8.8: "Hard by is an ancient and sacred temple, where stands Jupiter Clitumnus himself clad and adorned with a toga praetexta, and the oracular responses delivered there prove that the deity dwells within and foretells the future."[1]
The Roman Emperor Caligula visited the sacred grove prior to his invasion of Germany, presumably to consult the oracle of Clitumnus.[2][3]
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