page_title: Fortuna Huiusce Diei
hierarchical_section_title: Fortuna Huiusce Diei
caption_attribution_description: English: head of the statue of Fortuna huiusce diei. The devotional staue in the Temple of Fortuna Huiusce Diei is an acrolith with the uncovered parts in marble and the drapes in bronze. The image has been reassempled as a free-standing figure holding the divinity's symbol, a cornucopia, in her right hand. The sculpture was meant to be 8 meters heigh, according to the temple's proportions. The colossal fragments of the statue, such as the head, the right arm and the feet, date back to 101 BC, when the temple was founded, and they give importance evidence of the classical style of that period. The work has been attributed to Skopas Minor, a Greek artist based in Rome. From the Sacred area in Largo Argentina (1925). Italiano: testa della statua della Fortuna huiusce diei. La statua di culto del Tempio della Fortuna huiusce diei era lavorata con la tecnica dell'acrolito: le parti scoperte in marmo, i panneggi in bronzo.
context_page_description: Fortuna Huiusce Diei was an aspect of the goddess Fortuna, known primarily for her temple in the Area Sacra di Largo Argentina at Rome. Cicero lists her among the deities who should be cultivated in his ideal state, because "she empowers each day". She thus embodies an important aspect of time as it figures in Roman religion: every day of the year had a distinct and potent nature, which the public priests were responsible for knowing and aligning the community with by means of the religious calendar.
context_section_description: Fortuna Huiusce Diei ("The Fortune of This Day" or "Today's Fortune") was an aspect of the goddess Fortuna, known primarily for her temple in the Area Sacra di Largo Argentina at Rome. Cicero lists her among the deities who should be cultivated in his ideal state, because "she empowers each day". She thus embodies an important aspect of time as it figures in Roman religion: every day of the year had a distinct and potent nature, which the public priests were responsible for knowing and aligning the community with by means of the religious calendar.
caption: Colossal head believed to be that of the cult statue of Fortuna Huiusce Diei
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