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  • First, he gave it out as if he had found an altar of a certain god hid under ground; the god they called Consus, either the god of counsel (for they still call a consultation consilium and their chief magistrates consules, namely, counselors), or else the equestrian Neptune, for the altar is kept covered in the circus maximus at all other times, and only at horse-races is exposed to public view; others merely say that this god had his altar hid under ground because counsel ought to be secret and concealed.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • A Consus executive, Kim Kwang-yeon , declined to provide the terms of the deal, but he said Consus has invested 120 billion won in Medison since 2005.

    Samsung Electronics Expands Into Medical Equipment Evan Ramstad 2010

  • It's "God" -- yes, the God, the one who put Zeus, Odin, Hunah Ku (Mayan creator god), Consus (Roman chthonic god protecting grain storage), and all the others out of business, that's right, including Loviatar, the Finnish goddess of pain.

    Ellis Weiner: Come Back, Robur (Celtic God of Oak Trees), All is Forgiven 2008

  • Also honored in August were gods having to do with crops and fertility such as Vortumnus, god of the Seasons and the ripening of the crops; Consus, god of the Harvest; and Ops, the personification of the abundant harvest.

    2007 August 15 archive at eternallycool.net 2007

  • Also honored in August were gods having to do with crops and fertility such as Vortumnus, god of the Seasons and the ripening of the crops; Consus, god of the Harvest; and Ops, the personification of the abundant harvest.

    Buon Ferragosto! at eternallycool.net 2007

  • However, instead of honoring Diana, Consus, Vortumnus, and Ops, Christians directed their attention at another figure symbolic of maternity and fertility, the Virgin Mary, celebrating her miraculous Assumption into heaven in the middle of the month.

    2007 August 15 archive at eternallycool.net 2007

  • However, instead of honoring Diana, Consus, Vortumnus, and Ops, Christians directed their attention at another figure symbolic of maternity and fertility, the Virgin Mary, celebrating her miraculous Assumption into heaven in the middle of the month.

    Buon Ferragosto! at eternallycool.net 2007

  • In honor of the god Consus, kidnaped virgins were borne to the grove to participate in bacchanalian festivals and to observe secret feasts and games.

    Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971

  • The _Consuales Ludi_, or _Consualia_, were festivals at Rome in honour of _Consus_, the god of counsel, whose altar Romulus discovered under the ground.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 Various

  • Roman men to marry their women, he gave it out that he had discovered the altar of the god Consus, who presided over secret deliberations, -- a very suitable divinity to come up at the juncture, -- and that he intended to celebrate his feast.

    The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

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