1000 Classical Characters Briefly Described

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Salus

A Roman goddess, the personification of health, prosperity, and the public welfare.

Samos or Samus (Greek Samo, Turkish Susam Adassi). One of the principal islands of the Aegean Sea.

Samosata (Someisat). The capital of the province, and afterwards kingdom, of Commagene. It is celebrated in literary history as the birthplace of Lucian. Nothing remains of it but a heap of ruins. Sancus, Sangus, or Semo Sancus. A Roman divinity, said to have been originally a Sabine god. The name, which is etymologically the same as Sanctus, and connected with Sancire, seems to justify this belief, and characterizes Sancus as a divinity presiding over oaths.

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