[1489]. Aglaophamus, 676.
[1490]. Mannhardt, Myth. Forsch. 58 foll.; Frazer, Golden Bough, ii. 35 foll.; Robertson Smith, Religion of the Semites, 286 foll. Cp. Lang, Myth, Ritual and Religion, ii. 233 foll. See also Farnell, Cults of the Greek States, i. 88 foll., who agrees in the main with Robertson Smith.
[1491]. Frazer, l. c.
[1492]. Aelian, N. A. 12. 34.
[1493]. Relig. der Römer, ii. 35. Cp. Gilbert, i. 343, note. The presence of the Salii (see above, p. [328]), if a fact, would be in favour of this explanation.
[1494]. Röm. Jahr, 199.
[1495]. See on [Aug. 21] (Consualia).
[1496]. Myth. Forsch. 170 foll.; Baumkultus, 382 foll.
[1497]. This, though with impossible combinations, is what Huschke does (199, note 53). Feb. 27 is the Roman, March 14 the Quirinal Equirria, in his view. That the Quirinalia falls in February may perhaps give some support to the view.