The tree was sacred to Faunus, but the men of Troy had cut it, and the stump only was left. |
In the case of Mars, as well as of Picus and Faunus, the same succession is followed. |
The most important of those that remained was the prophetic ilex grove upon the Aventine hill, sacred to Faunus and Picus. |
He, men say, was sprung of Faunus and the nymph Marica of Laurentum. |
The demi-god Faunus, who had an oracle at the Solfatara, had also an oracle on this hill. |
In shadier Bower More sacred and sequesterd, though but feignd, PAN or SILVANUS never slept, nor Nymph, Nor FAUNUS haunted. |