The Devil's Dictionary: Manes
Updated May 14, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
MANES
-n.
The immortal parts of dead Greeks and Romans. They were in a state of dull discomfort until the bodies from which they had exhaled were buried and burned; and they seem not to have been particularly happy afterward.
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