EVANDER, ARA
an altar of Evander on the slope of the Aventine not
far from the porta Trigemina. It was believed to be of very ancient
origin, and was still standing in the time of Augustus (
Dionys. i. 32. 2;
RE vi. 841; Merlin 106, 260;
Rosch. i. 2918;
Gilb. ii. 158; Pais,
Storia Critica di
Roma i. 226).