ck diviners, 296-298;
_auspicia_ of family religion, 298-300;
public, 301;
duties of the Rex, 302;
lore preserved in books, 303;
divination by lightning, 51, 52, 304, 305, 307, 309;
no lasting value in sphere of religion, 306;
a clog on progress, 307;
sinister influence of Etruscan divination on Rome, 307

Dobschuetz, on Christianity, 455

Dogs: sacrifices: _see_ Sacrifices

Dolabella, Cornelius, 342

Doellinger, Dr., on the Flamen Dialis, 112;
on prayer, 468

Domaszewski, von, cited, 99, 110, 154, 167;
definition of _numen_, 119;
on the cult epithets of Janus, 140;
on Juno, 144;
on evolution of _dei_ out of functional _numina_, 165

Duhn, Professor von, cited, 31, 89

Dynamic theory of sacrifice, 177, 184, 190, 194

Earthquakes, expiation of, 339

Eilithyia, Greek deity of childbirth, 442, 446, 449

Ennius, cited, 65, 152, 183, 298, 322, 350, 351, 356

Epictetus, 369, 372

Epicurism, 352, 358, 360, 361, 375, 376, 381, 404, 453

Epicurus, 359

Epulum Iovis: _see_ Jupiter

Equirria, 96, 99, 217

Eschatology, Christian: preparation of the Roman mind for, 454

Esquiline, 87, 395

Etruscans, 17;
domination in Rome, 237, 239, 245, 258;
art of divination, 299, 304;
sinister influence on Rome, 307, 346, 347, 391

Evil spirits, 11, 29, 75, 76, 84, 93;
wolf's fat as a charm against, 90

_Evocatio_, 58, 206

_Excantatio_, 58, 482

_Extipicina_, Etruscan rite of, 180

Fabius Pictor, 161, 261, 318, 320, 323, 326

Falacer, 122

Family (_familia_): origin and meaning of, 70, 86;
religion in the, 68, 70, 73, 92, 116, 224, 226-228, 251, 270, 274,
298-300;
description of the house, 72-73, 87;
its holy places, 73;
spirits of the household: _see_ Spirits;
the Lar familiaris, 77;
position of slaves, 78;
_religio terminorum_, 82;
marriage, 83;
childbirth, 83;
burial of the dead, 73, 92;
maintenance of the _sacra_, 274-275

_Fanum_, meaning of, 146

_Far_, sacred cakes of, 45, 83, 130, 141, 180, 274

Farnell, Dr., cited, 19, 27, 160, 161, 205;
on the vow of the _ver sacrum_, 219;
on Dionysiac ritual, 345, 355

Farreus, connection with Jupiter, 130

_Fas_, early usage of, 487-488

Fasti: _see_ Calendar

Faunalia, 137

Faunus, 81, 89, 297, 479;
connection with Lupercalia, 117

_Februum_, meaning of, 210, 222

Feretrius, cult-title of Jupiter: _see_ Jupiter

Feriae Iovis, 129
Latinae, 40, 61, 172

Feronia