Note 134 — THE WORKS AND DAYS.
George Chapman translation
The feast of gods.] A sacrifice was followed by a general banquet, and the tables were spread in the temple itself. The gods were supposed invisibly to be present. Thus we are to explain their visit to the Æthiopians in Homer, Il. i:
For to the banks of the Oceanus Where Æthiopia holds a feast to Jove He journied yesterday; with whom the gods Went also. Cowper.