Lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their penates and patronal god might be called forth by charms and incantations. |
The lares, penates and relics of our sacred ancestors have been spared the impious axe of Jacobin tyranny. |
Hamersley recognises them as part of the Penates of his late host. |
This one is a New Year poem, called Lares Et Penates, inspired by the Roman concept of household gods. |
The particular gods of the household were its lares and penates. |
These Penates were supposed to have been the gods brought from Troy by neas. |