Clitumnus

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In Roman mythology, Clitumnus (Template:IPAc-en; Template:Langx) was a son of Oceanus and Tethys.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He was the god of the Clitunno River in Umbria.

Reference to Clitumnus is best attested in Pliny the Younger "Letters" 8.8: "Hard by is an ancient and sacred temple, where stands Jupiter Clitumnus himself clad and adorned with a toga praetexta, and the oracular responses delivered there prove that the deity dwells within and foretells the future."[1]

The Roman Emperor Caligula visited the sacred grove prior to his invasion of Germany, presumably to consult the oracle of Clitumnus.[2][3]

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