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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7893532, member: 75937"]Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are two possible interpretations of the dove and they are not incompatible. In fact, I think both meanings were meant to be conveyed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is that the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/venus-and-doves.361132/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/venus-and-doves.361132/">dove was associated with Venus</a>. Servius comments on a passage of the Aeneid (6.190-211) that the dove is sacred to Venus because of its numerous offspring and mating, so this may be an allusion to the birth of Lucilla.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second is that doves had association with harmonious marriage. Pliny writes (<a href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL353.359.xml?readMode=reader" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL353.359.xml?readMode=reader" rel="nofollow">HN 10.52.104</a>) that doves (<i>columba</i>) "possess the greatest modesty (<i>pudicitia</i>), and adultery is unknown to either sex; they do not violate the faith of wedlock, and they keep house in company. [...] Both partners have equal affection for their offspring." (Translation by H. Rackham, who translates <i>columba</i> as "pigeon"; taxonomically, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae" rel="nofollow">doves are classified with pigeons</a>.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The dove signifies both fertility and marital harmony.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am so glad you find my weekly essays useful! And keep posting those Faustinas!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]_6FBfAQ-NDE[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 7893532, member: 75937"]Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it. There are two possible interpretations of the dove and they are not incompatible. In fact, I think both meanings were meant to be conveyed. The first is that the [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/venus-and-doves.361132/']dove was associated with Venus[/URL]. Servius comments on a passage of the Aeneid (6.190-211) that the dove is sacred to Venus because of its numerous offspring and mating, so this may be an allusion to the birth of Lucilla. The second is that doves had association with harmonious marriage. Pliny writes ([URL='https://www.loebclassics.com/view/pliny_elder-natural_history/1938/pb_LCL353.359.xml?readMode=reader']HN 10.52.104[/URL]) that doves ([I]columba[/I]) "possess the greatest modesty ([I]pudicitia[/I]), and adultery is unknown to either sex; they do not violate the faith of wedlock, and they keep house in company. [...] Both partners have equal affection for their offspring." (Translation by H. Rackham, who translates [I]columba[/I] as "pigeon"; taxonomically, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbidae']doves are classified with pigeons[/URL].) The dove signifies both fertility and marital harmony. I am so glad you find my weekly essays useful! And keep posting those Faustinas! [MEDIA=youtube]_6FBfAQ-NDE[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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