[404] divos parentes: i.e. the deified ancestors of the family, who would be especially outraged by such impiety in their descendants; cf. Grk. θεοὶ πατρῷοι; Leg. Reg. “divis parentum sacer esto” ; CIL 1.1241 deis inferum parentum sacrum.
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