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Prayer to Terminus

Terminus
Holy Terminus, You define people and cities and nations within their boundaries. All land would be in dispute if without You. You seek no offices or anyone's favour; no amount of gold can corrupt Your judgement. In good faith You preserve the legitimate claims to rural lands. Terminus, You have lost Your freedom to move about, remain on guard, positioned where You were stationed, never to concede whatever claims a neighbor may make.
Fons · Source
AuthorOvid
WorkFasti
Section2.658-662; 2.673-678
PeriodAugustan
OccasionTerminalia
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formritual
DeitiesTerminus
Functionspraise · petition
Sphereagricultural · civic