The Lupercalia is one of the most important and most controversial of Roman festivals. This paper addresses the issue of its topography, which has received renewed attention in recent years. It is divided into two main sections, the first discussing the hotly debated location of the Lupercal cave, and the second the course of the running Luperci. The former section reviews the literary and archaeological evidence for the location of the cave, discusses its significance as a unique religious site, and calls for further investigation in the area of the southwest Palatine. The second section seeks to challenge the most influential theories on the course of the Luperci by carefully examining the ancient evidence and the terminology it uses. A contextualization of the sources and the topographic elements they describe shows that many modern theories contain serious flaws when it comes to this subject. Most modern interpretations rely on a passage of Augustine which is very problematic because of his biased interpretatio Christiana. The conclusion is that the festival’s typology as a ritual of lustration is key to understanding the course of the Luperci.

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牧神节的地形

牧神节是罗马最重要和最具争议的节日之一。本文讨论了近年来重新受到关注的其地形问题。它分为两个主要部分，第一个讨论了备受争议的 Lupercal 洞穴的位置，第二个讨论了跑步的过程卢佩尔奇. 前一部分回顾了洞穴位置的文学和考古证据，讨论了它作为一个独特的宗教场所的意义，并呼吁在西南帕拉蒂尼地区进行进一步调查。第二部分试图挑战关于历史进程的最有影响力的理论。卢佩尔奇通过仔细检查古代证据及其使用的术语。对他们所描述的资料来源和地形元素的语境化表明，许多现代理论在涉及这一主题时都存在严重缺陷。大多数现代解释都依赖于奥古斯丁的一段话，由于他的偏见，这很成问题克里斯蒂安娜的解释. 结论是，节日的类型学作为一种清扫仪式是理解这一进程的关键。卢佩尔奇.