Pillar of the Boatmen "(publice posierunt)" by the guild of sailors of Lutetia, from the "civitas" of the Parisii "(nautae Parisiaci)". These sailors would have been merchants who travelled along the Seine. The main dedication is to Jupiter in the form of "Iovis Optimus Maximus" ("Jove Best and Greatest"). The names of the emperor and the supreme deity appear in the dative case as the recipients of the dedication. The remaining theonyms are nominative legends that accompany individual depictions of the gods. These are (in the order they appear below) Jove, Tarvos Trigaranos (the Bull with three Cranes), Volcanus (Vulcan), Esus, Cernunnos, Castor, Smertrios,
Homosexuality in ancient Rome supposed to be wavy, fair, and scented with perfume. The mythological type of the "delicatus" was represented by Ganymede, the Trojan youth abducted by Jove (Greek Zeus) to be his divine companion and cupbearer. In the "Satyricon", the tastelessly wealthy freedman Trimalchio says that as a child-slave he had been a "puer delicatus" servicing both the master and the mistress of the household. "Pullus" was a term for a young animal, and particularly a chick. It was an affectionate word traditionally used for a boy ("puer") who was loved by someone "in an obscene sense". The lexicographer Festus provides a