Message #216928

[Rachel Dearth]

Certain grouped gods, Dii Casses, were worshipped by Celts on the right bank of the Rhine, but nothing is known regarding their functions, unless they were road gods. The name means "beautiful" or "pleasant," and Cassi appears in personal and tribal names, and also in Cassiterides, an early name of Britain, perhaps signifying that the new lands were "more beautiful" than those the Celts had left. When tin was





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discovered in Britain, the Mediterranean traders called it κασσίτερος after the name of the place where it was found, as cupreus, "copper," was so called from Cyprus. 1