Juventas, the Roman Goddess of Youth [ Juventas, 罗马青春女神]

Juventas, the Roman Goddess of Youth

👸 Juventas, 罗马青春女神——尤文图斯

Introduction

Juventas was a minor Roman goddess whose attributes were regarded by the Romans as applying particularly to the imperishable vigour and immortal glory of the Roman state.

在罗马神话中，Juventas 是尚未成年的女神，罗马人民认为她的特质尤其能彰显罗马国家不朽的(imperishable)活力和永恒的荣耀。

Fig.1 The Greek counterpart of Juventas, Hebe
在文艺作品中，Juventas经常与一只大鹰在一起玩耍，这只大鹰其实就是朱庇特的化身。
Hebe (mitoloji) - Vikipedi

古罗马成年礼

She was the tutelar or guardian goddess of young men and particularly worshipped during the period when they approached manhood at the age of seventeen years old when they assumed the privileges and responsibilities of a young man.

Juventas 是年轻男子的守护女神，在青年人临近成年 （罗马人认为男子的成人式在17岁被举办） 并能够承担权利和义务时，她特别受到人们的敬仰和崇拜。

The most famous ritual related to the assumption of the toga virilis. The first wearing of the toga virilis was part of the celebrations on reaching maturity. According to Roman Law only male Roman citizens were allowed to wear the toga virilis upon reaching the age of political majority (seventeen). Wealthy, noble young men who were the sons of senators were allowed to wear a toga bordered with purple, called the toga praetexta from the age of fourteen until they were seventeen years of age. At the age of 17 all male Roman citizens wore the pure white toga virilis.

最著名的成年仪式(ritual)和穿上 toga virilis 有关。第一次穿 toga virilis 是成年礼的一部分。根据当时的罗马法，只有男性罗马居民可以在17岁后（可以参政议政的年龄）才能穿 toga virilis。议员之子（通常是富有人家或是贵族人家之子）在14～17岁时，才能穿镶紫边的 toga praetexta。17岁时，所有罗马男性公民都要穿纯白的 toga virilis。

toga virilis

Fig.2 Toga virilis
Toga romana

Temple of Juventas - The Sibylline Prophecies

The goddess Juventas was first honored in Rome with a chapel on the Capitoline Hill and replaced by a temple that was built in her honor. The content of the Sibylline Books motivated the construction of the Temple of Juventus, and strongly advised the building of seven other temples. The temple to Juventas was destroyed by fire in 16 BC. and rebuilt by the Emperor Augustus.

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