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Definition of Janus
1. Noun. (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head.
Definition of Janus
1. n. A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace.
Definition of Janus
1. Proper noun. (Roman god) The god of gates and doorways; having two faces looking in opposite directions. ¹
2. Proper noun. (astronomy) A moon of Saturn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
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Literary usage of Janus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1820)
"Again, janus, whom the Romans first invoked in all their sacrifices and prayers,
... From which passages it also appears, that janus was not the mere ..."
2. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"The little square temple to °Pen of janus, nearly coeval with the Republic, still
stood ofthe * _* c the gates in the Forum in front of the Senate-house and ..."
3. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1871)
"ANTI-janus.*—Whoever wishes to examine the most plausible defence which the Papal
... Anti-janus, an Historico-theological criticism of the work entitled, ..."
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