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Manes may be derived from "an archaic adjective manus—good—which was the opposite of immanis (monstrous)". [5] Roman tombstones often included the letters D.M., which stood for Dis Manibus, literally "to the Manes", [6] or figuratively, "to the spirits of the dead", an abbreviation that continued to appear even in Christian inscriptions.
Donald R. Manes (/ ˈ m æ n ɪ s /, /-ə s /; January 18, 1934 – March 13, 1986) was a Democratic Party politician from New York City. He served as borough president of the New York City borough of Queens from 1971 until just before his suicide while under suspicion of corruption in 1986.
Manes (Ancient Greek: Μάνηϛ) [1] is a legendary figure of the 2nd millennium BC who is attested by Herodotus in Book One of Histories to have been an early king of Lydia, [2] then probably known as Maeonia (which he may be the eponym of). He was believed to have been the son of Zeus and Gaia, [3] and was the father of Atys, who succeeded ...
Religious sites and rituals for the di inferi were properly outside the pomerium, Rome's sacred boundary, as were tombs. [11] Horse racing along with the propitiation of underworld gods was characteristic of "old and obscure" Roman festivals such as the Consualia, the October Horse, the Taurian Games, and sites in the Campus Martius such as the Tarentum and the Trigarium.
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Manes are the souls of deceased loved ones in Roman mythology. Manes may refer to: Places. Manes, Missouri, USA; Manes River, a river of Greece; Alaverdi or Manes ...
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A second funeral feast and rites called the novendialis or novemdialis were held nine days or more after death. [107] Another sacrifice was often made, to the Manes of the deceased (or possibly, the family Penates – Cicero has a ram sacrificed as an offering to the family Lares).