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In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Liber (/ ˈ l aɪ b ər / LY-bər, Latin:; "the free one"), also known as Liber Pater ("the free Father"), was a god of viticulture and wine, male fertility and freedom. He was a patron deity of Rome's plebeians and was part of their Aventine Triad.
Liber Pater ("Father Liber") empowers the man to release his semen, [29] while Libera does the same for the woman, who was regarded as also contributing semina, "seed." [ 30 ] Mena or Dea Mena with Juno assured menstrual flow , [ 31 ] which is redirected to feed the developing child.
Denarius with Liber and Libera. In ancient Roman religion, the Liberalia (March 17) was the festival of Liber Pater and his consort Libera. [1] The Romans celebrated Liberalia with sacrifices, processions, ribald and gauche songs, and masks which were hung on trees. [citation needed] The feast celebrated the maturation of young boys to manhood.
It was established around 200 BC in the Aventine grove of Stimula by a priestess from Campania, near the temple where Liber Pater ("the Free Father") had a State-sanctioned, popular cult. Liber was a native Roman god of wine, fertility, and prophecy, patron of Rome's plebeians (citizen-commoners), and one of the members of the Aventine Triad ...
The Roman god Liber Pater ("Father Liber"), later identified with the Greek Dionysus or Bacchus, was the divinity of libamina, "libations," and liba, sacrificial cakes drizzled with honey. [27] [1] [28] In Roman art, the libation is shown performed at a mensa (sacrificial meal table), or tripod.
He also, perhaps at a somewhat earlier date, published the Contra Constantium Augustum liber, accusing the deceased emperor as having been the Antichrist, a rebel against God, "a tyrant whose sole object had been to make a gift to the devil of that world for which Christ had suffered." [11] According to Jerome, Hilary died in Poitiers in 367. [16]
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The Aventine Triad (also referred to as the plebeian Triad or the agricultural Triad) is a modern term for the joint cult of the Roman deities Ceres, Liber and Libera.The cult was established c. 493 BC within a sacred district on or near the Aventine Hill, traditionally associated with the Roman plebs.