So after the completion of the work of the fields and the fortunate ingathering of their produce double festivals were celebrated in honour of the god and goddess of inbringing and harvest, Consus (from condere) and Ops ; the first, immediately after the completion of cutting (August 21, Consualia; August 25, Opiconu'z/a) ; and the second, in the middle of winter, when the blessings of the granary are especially manifest (December 1 5,
Consuah'a; December 19, Opab'a); between these two latter days the thoughtfulness of the old of the
festivals inserted that of seed-sowing (Saturnalia from Saéturnus or Satumus, December 17).
Consuah'a; December 19, Opab'a); between these two latter days the thoughtfulness of the old of the
festivals inserted that of seed-sowing (Saturnalia from Saéturnus or Satumus, December 17).
The history of Rome; tr. with the sanction of the ... v.1. Mommsen, Theodor, 1817-1903
