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god

Tellus

Earth

also: Tellus, terra, the earth

The earth deified, identified by the Stoics with Ceres (from gerere, to bear). Cotta uses her in his reductio that if Ceres is a goddess then the earth, sea, rivers, and springs must all be gods too.

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Mentioned in 59 works (170 total)

Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) philosophy · 9 mentions
On Invention rhetoric · 1 mention
For Sextus Roscius of Ameria speeches · 3 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV speeches · 1 mention
For Aulus Cluentius speeches · 1 mention
On the Agrarian Law, Second Speech speeches · 1 mention
Against Catiline, Third Speech speeches · 1 mention
For Publius Sulla speeches · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 1.13 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 1.18 letters · 1 mention
Ad Quintum Fratrem 1.1 letters · 1 mention
On His Consulship philosophy · 1 mention
For Lucius Flaccus speeches · 2 mentions
On His House speeches · 1 mention
On the Responses of the Haruspices speeches · 3 mentions
For Lucius Cornelius Balbus speeches · 2 mentions
For Marcus Caelius speeches · 1 mention
On the Orator rhetoric · 3 mentions
Ad Atticum 4.18 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 1.9 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 7.9 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 7.16 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 15.9 letters · 1 mention
Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.9 letters · 1 mention
On the Commonwealth philosophy · 10 mentions
The Subdivisions of Oratory rhetoric · 1 mention
For Gaius Rabirius Postumus speeches · 1 mention
On the Laws philosophy · 9 mentions
For Titus Annius Milo speeches · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 8.2 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 9.9 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 2.16 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 11.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 7.26 letters · 1 mention
Orator: To Marcus Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention
Academica philosophy · 2 mentions
Ad Atticum 13.25 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 9.12 letters · 1 mention
On the Ends of Good and Evil philosophy · 9 mentions
On the Nature of the Gods philosophy · 30 mentions
Timaeus (Latin translation) philosophy · 10 mentions
Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 6 mentions
Ad Atticum 15.13 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 15.19 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 16.14 letters · 1 mention
Cato the Elder, On Old Age philosophy · 6 mentions
On Divination philosophy · 17 mentions
On Fate philosophy · 1 mention
On Duties philosophy · 1 mention
Laelius, On Friendship philosophy · 1 mention
First Philippic speeches · 2 mentions
Second Philippic speeches · 4 mentions
Topics: To Gaius Trebatius rhetoric · 1 mention
Ad M. Brutum 1.2 letters · 1 mention
Ad M. Brutum 1.9 letters · 1 mention
Thirteenth Philippic speeches · 2 mentions
Seventh Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Eighth Philippic speeches · 1 mention

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