Lares

Summary

Lares ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,037 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• Lares is a type of tutelary spirit^[2].
• Lares's Commons category is recorded as Lares^[3].
• Lares comprises Lares Familiares^[4].
• Lares's residence is recorded as lararium^[5].
• Lares's worshipped by is recorded as ancient Roman religion^[6].
• Lares's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• Lares's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[8].
• Lares's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• Lares's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[10].
• Lares's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• Lares's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[12].
• Lares's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• Lares's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[14].
• Lares's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[15].
• Lares dates from the classical antiquity^[16].
• Lares's culture is recorded as Ancient Rome^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Lares is a type of tutelary spirit^[2].

Use and Application

Lares comprises Lares Familiares^[4].

Influence

Things named for Lares include Laox^[18], a business^[19], in Japan^[20], founded in 1976^[21], headquartered in Shibakōen^[22].

Why It Matters

Lares ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,037 views/month).^[1] Lares has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] Lares is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]

Entities named for Lares include Laox^[18], a business^[19], in Japan^[20], founded in 1976^[21], headquartered in Shibakōen^[22].