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Prayer to Ceres, Libera

Ceres · Libera
O Ceres and Libera, whose sacred worship is contained in the most important and most abstruse mysteries; You, by whom the principles of life and food, the examples of laws, customs, humanity, and refinement are said to have been given and distributed to nations and to cities; You, again and again I implore and appeal to, most holy Goddesses, who dwell around those lakes and groves of Enna, and who preside over all Sicily — You whose invention and gift of corn, which You have distributed over the whole earth, inspires all nations and all races of men with reverence for Your divine power.
Fons · Source
AuthorCicero
WorkIn C. Verrem
SectionIV.72.187-188
Period1st c. BC
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formpublic
DeitiesCeres, Libera
Functionsinvocation · praise
Spherecivic