who is "janus" ? Name and explane the figure of speech in this context. in merchant of venice
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ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus (/ˈdʒeɪnəs/ JAY-nəs; Latin: IANVS (Iānus), pronounced [ˈjaːnʊs]) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways,[1] passages, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces, since he looks to the future and to the past. It is conventionally thought that the month of January is named for Janus (Ianuarius),[2] but according to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs Juno was the tutelary deity of the month.[3]
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Janus was the Roman god of beginnings and transitions, his image (two heads) was meant to remind people that human beings often have no center for their thoughts, and in turn, are incapable of knowing or understanding themselves. Janus is the Roman God of beginning and transition.
Two-headed Janus is a two headed mythological God. He is actually the two-heading Roman god of Doorways and Openings, looking to the back (past) and front (future). This description is an allusion by Solarino to Antonio's dual persona – one cheerful, and the other, despondent. Nestor was the king of Pylos.