Note 299 — Chapter III · HARVEST FESTIVALS. The Thargelia, Kallynteria, Plynteria.
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The whole ceremony of the Argei has been fully discussed by Mr Warde-Fowler (The Roman Festivals, p. 111). Abundant primitive analogies have been collected by Mannhardt (Baumkultus, pp. 155, 411, 416, and Antike Wald- und Feldkulte, p. 276). For the etymology of Argei see Mr A. B. Cook, Class. Rev. XVII. 1903, p. 269.