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Numa Pompilius

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Numa Pompilius [ˈnjuːmə pɒmˈpɪlɪəs]
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(Biographies / Numa Pompilius (?715 bc-?673 bc) M, Roman, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) the legendary second king of Rome (?715-?673 bc), said to have instituted religious rites


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A sampling of essay topics: credibility and credulity in Plutarch's Life of Numa Pompilius, divine sons--Aeneas and Jesus in Hebrews, notes on divesting and vesting in The Hymn of the Pearl, and Ante-Nicene preaching in recent literature.
In others, such as the odd couple of Lillian Gish and Paul Cadmus as the nymph Egeria and the Roman king Numa Pompilius, the obscurity of the reference adds to the mystery of the image, leaving the viewer to come up with his own interpretation.
 
 
 
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