Vitulatio
The Vitulatio was an annual
dies religiosus, a day of religious prohibition when people were to refrain from undertaking any activity other than attending to basic necessities.[1]
By the late Republic, the Vitulatio, like the other festivals held July 5–8, seems to have been eclipsed by the popularity of the Ludi Apollinares, games (ludi) held in honor of Apollo July 6–13.[2]
Etymology
The
first fruits
offerings.
The verb vitulari meant to chant or recite a formula with a joyful intonation and rhythm.Iguvium, as described by the Iguvine Tablets.[6]
References
- H.H. Scullard, Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic (Cornell University Press, 1981), pp. 163, 45–46.
- ^ Scullard, Festivals and Ceremonies, p. 163.
- ^ Vergil, Georgics 3.77.
- ^ Macrobius, Saturnalia III 2,12.
- ^ William Warde Fowler, The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic (London, 1908), p. 179'; Robert Turcan, The Gods of Ancient Rome (Routledge, 2001), p. 75.
- ^ Scullard, Festivals and Ceremonies, p. 163.
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