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Pallas asked me if I'd like to see a she-wolf's den, and I said yes, and he took me to a cave called the Lupercal, quite near the village.
'Lavinia' 2008
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A little farther on, the mouth of the sacred grotto called Lupercal, surrounded with its shadowy grove, the favourite haunt of Pan, lay to their left; and fronting them, the splendid arch of Fabius, surnamed Allobrox for his victorious prowess against that savage tribe, gave entrance to the great
The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2) Henry William Herbert 1832
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Plutarch, on this occasion, uses the expression, diadaemati basiliko, a royal diadem.] [Footnote 90: The Lupercalia was a festival, celebrated in a place called the Lupercal, in the month of February, in honour of Pan.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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Lupercal too by Jerome Armstrong on January 30, 2009 - 9: 00pm
Organizing for America Will, and Should, Fail Teachout, Zephyr 2009
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The newly-discovered Lupercal appears to comprise a natural grotto enlarged by construction to give it the form of a nymphaeum measuring some 9 meters tall and some 7.5 meters in diameter.
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In a press conference held on the Palatine Hill today, Francesco Rutelli, Minister of Culture, has announced the discovery of the Lupercal, the cave in which Romulus and Remus were suckled by the She-Wolf after she rescued them from the banks of the Tiber River.
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Thirdly, the Lupercal feast has no relation whatever to the pretended law of Babylon, which commands the wives and daughters of the king, the satraps, and the magi to sell and prostitute themselves to strangers out of pure devotion.
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The newly-discovered Lupercal appears to comprise a natural grotto enlarged by construction to give it the form of a nymphaeum measuring some 9 meters tall and some 7.5 meters in diameter.
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He also brings, in further proof, the Lupercal feast among the
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In a press conference held on the Palatine Hill today, Francesco Rutelli, Minister of Culture, has announced the discovery of the Lupercal, the cave in which Romulus and Remus were suckled by the She-Wolf after she rescued them from the banks of the Tiber River.
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