concept
Lemures
also: lemures, the silent dead, manes
The roving spirits of the dead, propitiated by the householder in the night rite of the Lemuria; Ovid derives the name from the appeased ghost of Remus (Remuria).
Reading notes
- The Festivals §5.9 lemures
The roving spirits of the dead, whose name Ovid derives from Remus (Remuria).