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Biceps (or Bifrons)

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Biceps (Or Bifrons)

is a name of Janus in Virgil and Ovid, where he is described with two faces, because so great was his sagacity that he saw both the past and the future; or else because Janus was thought to represent the world, viewing with his two faces the east and the west.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Biceps (or Bifrons)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/biceps-or-bifrons.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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