vii Id. Iun. (June 7). N.
VESTA APERIT. (PHILOC.)
v Id. Iun. (June 9). N.
VESTALIA. (TUSC. VEN. MAFF.)
xvii Kal. Quinct. (June 15). N.
VESTA CLUDITUR. (PHILOC.)
xvii Kal. Quinct. (June 15). Q. St. D. F.
It would seem from these notes in the calendars, and from passages in Ovid and Festus[[595]], that both before and after the day of the true Vestalia there were days set apart for the cult of the goddess, which were nefasti and also religiosi[[596]]. Ovid’s lines are worth quoting; he consults the Flaminica Dialis[[597]] about the marriage of his daughter:
Tum mihi post sacras monstratur Iunius idus
Utilis et nuptis, utilis esse viris,