Janus was a Roman god with two faces. He was the god of doorways. The Latin teacher told us January was named after Janus, as January looks back at the previous year and forward to the new year. Which was stupid, as March was the first month of the year back then.
Janus was a Roman god with two faces. He was the god of doorways. The Latin teacher told us January was named after Janus, as January looks back at the previous year and forward to the new year. Which was stupid, as March was the first month of the year back then.
Yes I have the habit of equating Jupiter and Janus, and the truth of it is more nuanced/complicated.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)
But yes, Janus, the two-faced god.