[1169]. Macrob. i. 10. 2.
[1170]. See below on Saturnalia, p. [271].
[1171]. Macrob. 1. 10. 2. Macr. tells us that after the change some people in error held the festival on the 19th, i. e. on the day which was now xiv K. Ian.
[1172]. Hartmann, Der Röm. Kalender, p. 203 foll., thinks it was originally one of the feriae conceptivae, like the Compitalia, Paganalia, &c., and only became fixed (stativae) when it was reorganized in 217 B.C. But if so, why is it marked in the calendars in large letters? And Hartmann himself points out (p. 208) that Dec. 17 is the first day of Capricornus, i. e. the coldest season, which in the oldest natural reckoning would be likely to fix the day (Colum. 11. 2. 94).
[1173]. Macr. l. c.; Cic. Att. 13. 52.
[1174]. Mommsen, C. I. L. i. 337.
[1175]. Frazer, Golden Bough, ii. 172; Brand, Popular Antiquities, ch. 13; Usener, Religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen, 1. 214 foll. See for Italy, Academy, Jan. 20, 1888.
[1176]. C. I. L. i. 48. But Prof. Gardner tells me that the reading Saet. is not certain.
[1177]. Macrob. 1. 10. 19 foll.; 1. 7. 24 and 25; Marq. p. 11 note 3. The conjunction of Ops with him in this function is rejected (rightly, I think) by Wissowa, de Feriis, iv. But see below on Opalia.
[1178]. Jordan’s note on Preller, ii. 10.