See also:

• FAMA (Gr. cI i.a1, "Ovoa)

FAMA (Gr. cI i.a1, "Ovoa)  , in classical See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the personification of Rumour . The Homeric See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent See also:

• OSSA (mod. Kissovo or Kissavo)

Ossa (Iliad, ii . 93) is represented as the messenger of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus, who spreads reports with the rapidity of a conflagration . See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer does not personify Pheme, which is merely a presage See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from human utterances, whereas Ossa (until later times) is associated with the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of divine origin . A more definite See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character is given to Pheme by See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod (See also:

• WORKS

Works and Days, 764), who calls her a goddess; in See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles (Oed . See also:

• TYR

Tyr . 158) she is the immortal daughter of See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope and is styled by the orator See also:

• AESCHINES (389-314 B.C.)
• AESCHINES (5th century B.C.)

Aeschines (Contra Timarchum, § 128) one of the mightiest of goddesses . According to See also:

• PAUSANIAS

Pausanias (i . 17 . 1) there was a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of Pheme at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, and at See also:

• SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna (ib. ix . 11, 7), whose inhabitants were especially fond of seeking the aid of See also:

• DIVINATION
• DIVINATION, OMEN, ASTROLOGY

divination, there was a See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary of Cledones (sounds or rumours supposed to convey omens) . There does not seem to have been any cult of See also:

• FAMA (Gr. cI i.a1, "Ovoa)

Fama among the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, by whom she was regarded merely as "a figure of poetical See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion." The Temple of Fame and See also:

• OMEN (a Latin word, either connected with os, mouth, or more probably with auris (Gr. ois, ear; apparently, meaning " a thing heard " or " spoken ")

Omen (Pheme and Cledon) mentioned by See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch (Moralia, p .

319) is due to a See also:

• CON

con-See also:

• FUSION

fusion with Aius Locutius, the divinity who warned the Romans of the coming attack of the Gauls . There are well-known descriptions of Fame in See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil (Aeneid, iv . 173) and See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid (Metam. xii . 39); see also See also:

• VALERIUS, PUBLIUS

Valerius See also:

• FLACCUS

Flaccus (ii . 116), See also:

• STATIUS, PUBLIUS PAPINIUS (c. A.D. 45-96)

Statius (Thebais, iii . 425) . An unfavourable idea gradually became attached to the name; thus See also:

• ENNIUS, QUINTUS (239-170 B.c.)

Ennius speaks of Fama as the personification of " evil " reputation and the opposite of Gloria (cp. the See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective famosus, which is not used in a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sense till the See also:

• POST

post-Augustan See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age) . See also:

• CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (? 1340-1400)

Chaucer in his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Fame is obviously imitating Virgil and Ovid, although he is also indebted to See also:

• DANTE

Dante's Divina Commedia .