Note 272 — MENSIS APRILIS.
Reading edition
Ovid, Fasti, 4. 743-746. esp ‘dapibus resectis.’ We can hardly escape the conclusion that the idea of the common meal shared with the gods was a genuine Italian one; it is found here, in the Terminalia (Ovid, Fasti, 2. 655), and in the worship of Jupiter. See on Sept. 13 and Feb. 23.