Note 212 — Chapter II · TABOOED DAYS AFTER A DEATH AND ON RELATED OCCASIONS

Gellius, op. cit., iv, 9, 5; Varro, De lingua Latina, vi, 29 sq.; Ovid, Fasti, v, 419-486; W. W. Fowler, The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic, London, 1899, pp. 106 sqq., 306 sqq. The first eight days of the Parentalia belonged only to the sphere of family worship, but the ninth day (Feb. 21) was also a public celebration, known as the Feralia. The Lemuria, at least in historic times, was not a state festival, but a purely domestic affair.