Note 283 — MENSIS APRILIS.
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So called by Virg. Aen. II. 785 and Serv. ad loc. Who the deity really was, we do not know. Apollo here had no doubt a Graeco-Etruscan origin. Deecke (Falisker, 93) thinks of Dis Pater or Vediovis; quoting Servius’ account and explanation of the cult. That the god was Sabine, not Etruscan, is shown by the word hirpi.