Honos
Roman · deity · middle republic · Recorded classification
Honos is the regard of other people — what the community grants, not what a man feels about himself, which is why he is a god at all in a culture as competitive about reputation as Rome. He shares the Porta Capena complex with Virtus, and the two temples are arranged so that his is reached through hers. Marcellus rebuilt the complex after his victories, and there was a dispute about whether two gods could properly share one cella.
Domains
- honour
Relations
- ally: VirtusPaired with Virtus in a single temple complex, reached only by passing through hers.Reference treatment of the paired temples of Honos and Virtus at the Porta Capena. (secondary)
Sources
- Honos is the Roman god of public esteem, worshipped in the paired temple complex of Honos and Virtus at the Porta Capena.: Reference treatment of the temple(s) of Honos and Virtus. (secondary)