In like manner the festival of must or of healing (medz'm'nalia, October I so called because healing virtue was
to the fresh must, was dedicated to Jovis as the wine-god after the com pletion of the vintage; the original reference of the third wine-feast (Vinalia, August 19) not clear.
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