god
Faunus
also: Fauni, Fauns
Italian woodland deity of prophetic voices. Cicero says Fauns have often been heard in battles and that the Fauns and seers of old sang prophecies in verse.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of the Gods §3.15 the voice of Faunus
Faunus, an old Italian woodland god whose disembodied voice was said to be heard in lonely places foretelling events. Cotta says he has never heard it and has no idea what a Faunus even is.