See on April 15. There must have been at one time a tendency to amalgamate the two kinds of _sacra publica_. The _argei_ were also attended by Pontifices and Vestals. I should conjecture that the Pontifices claimed supervision over rites in which they had originally no official _locus standi_, and brought the Vestals with them. Footnote 1349: Mommsen, _Staatsrecht_. iii. 1. 89 foll. Footnote 1350: Ἱεραὰ οἰκίαι, Dion. Hal. 2. 23; Fest. 174 b; Marq. 195. Footnote 1351: Dion. Hal. 2. 23. Footnote 1352: Ib. 2. 50. The Latin words are from Paul, 64. Footnote 1353: Jordan, on Preller, i. 278 note. Roscher, in _Lex._ s. v. Iuno, 596. Curis = hasta in Sabine; Fest. 49; Roscher, l. c.; Ovid, _Fasti_, 2. 477. Footnote 1354: Cp. the parting of the bride’s hair with a spear, Marq. vii. 44 and note 5; Plut. _Q. R._ 87; Bötticher, _Baumkultus_, 485; Schwegler, _R. G._ i. 469. Footnote 1355: The same connexion between _curiae_ and the armed deity of the female principle is found at Tibur (Serv. _Aen._ 1. 17), ‘in sacris Tiburtibus sic precantur: Iuno curritis (sic) tuo curru clipeoque tuere meos curiae vernulas,’ Jordan, in _Hermes_, 8. 217 foll. Possibly also at Lanuvium (_Lex._ s. v. Iuno, 595). Footnote 1356: Varro, _L. L._ 5. 83 and 155; Marq. 195. Footnote 1357: This has been done by O. Gilbert (_Gesch. und Topogr._ 2, 129 foll.), an author who is not often so helpful. He is followed by Steuding, in _Lex. Myth._ s. v. Fornax. Footnote 1358: Paul. 93 (cp. 83), ‘Fornacalia feriae institutae sunt farris torrendi gratia quod ad fornacem quae in pistrinis erat sacrificium fieri solebat.’ Dionysius was probably referring to this when he wrote (2. 23) that he had himself seen ancient wooden tables spread with rude cakes of primitive fashion in baskets and dishes of primitive make. He also mentions καρπῶν τινων ἐπαρχάς (cp. Ovid, l. c. 520), which might indeed suggest a feast of curiae at a different time of year. For the _far_, see Marq. vii. 399 foll. The cakes were _februa_, according to Ovid; see above, p. 301. Footnote 1359: Comp. Ovid, l. c. with Fest. 254; Paul. 316; Varro, _L. L._ 6. 13; Plut. _Q. R._ 89. Footnote 1360: _H. N._ 18. 8; Lange, _Röm. Alt._ 1. 2. 245. Footnote 1361: _Fasti_, 2. 527 foll. Footnote 1362: That it was so is proved by Fest. 254, and Varro, _L. L._ 6. 13. It must have been a custom fairly well fixed. Footnote 1363: ii. 9. Footnote 1364: 2. 23, Ἐγὼ γοῦν ἐθεασάμην ἐν ἱεραῖς οἰκάις δεῖπνα προκείμενα θεοῖς ἐπὶ τραπέζαις ξυλίναις ἀρχαικαῖς, ἐν κάνησι καὶ πινακίσκοις κεραμέοις ἀλφίτων μάζας καὶ πόπανα καὶ ζέας καὶ καρπῶν τινων ἐπαρχάς &c. Footnote 1365: _Fasti_, 2. 525. What does Ovid mean by _fruges_? Footnote 1366: Paul. 93, quoted above; Ovid, l. c. 525. Fornax as a spirit may be at least as old as those of other parts of the house, Janus, Vesta, Limentinus, &c. Footnote 1367: