Aust, _de Aedibus sacris_, p. 28. About a century earlier a statue of this Venus was said to have been erected (Val. Max. 8. 15. 12; Plin. _H. N._ 7. 120), as Wissowa pointed out in his Essay, ‘de Veneris Simulacris,’ p. 12. Footnote 202: See above, p. 67, note 2. Footnote 203: _Religion of the Semites_, p. 450 foll. Footnote 204: Preller, i. 446. Footnote 205: Livy, 29. 10 and 14; Ovid (_Fasti_, 4. 259 foll.) has a fanciful edition of the story which well illustrates the character of his work, and that of the legend-mongers; cp. Preller, ii. 57. Footnote 206: Preller, ii. 55. Footnote 207: Plin. _H. N._ 18. 16; Arnobius, 7. 49. Footnote 208: Livy, 29. 10, 14. Footnote 209: See above, Introduction, p. 7. Footnote 210: _de Harusp. Resp._ 12. 24 ‘Qui uni ludi ne verbo quidem appellantur Latino, ut vocabulo ipso et appetita religio externa et Matris Magnae nomine suscepta declaretur.’ Footnote 211: Dion. Hal. 2. 19. A very interesting passage, in which, among other comments, the historian points out that in receiving the goddess the Romans eliminated ἅπασαν τερθρείαν μυθικήν. Footnote 212: Aust, _de Aedibus sacris_, pp. 22 and 49. Footnote 213: Gell. 18. 2. 11 (patricii); cp. 2. 24. 2 (principes civitatis). Cp. Lydus, 4. 45; Verrius’ note in Praen., ‘_Nobilium mutitationes cenarum_ solitae sunt frequenter fieri,’ &c. Footnote 214: See Marq. 370 foll. The Ludi eventually extended from the 4th to the 10th inclusive (_C. I. L._ 314). Footnote 215: Or Hordicidia, Fest. 102; Hordicalia, Varro, _R. R._ 2. 5. 6; Fordicalia, Lydus, 4. 49. ‘Forda ferens bos est fecundaque, dicta ferendo,’ Ovid, _Fasti_, 4. 631. Footnote 216: Ovid, l. c. 635 ‘Pars cadit arce Iovis. Ter denas curia vaccas Accipit, et largo sparsa cruore madet.’ Cp. Varro, _L. L._ 6. 15. Preller, ii. 6, understands Ovid’s ‘pars’ as meaning more than one cow. Footnote 217: Ovid, l. c. 633 ‘Nune gravidum pecus est, gravidae nunc semine terrae; Telluri plenae victima plena datur.’ Footnote 218: Ovid, l. c. 637. Ast ubi visceribus vitulos rapuere ministri, Sectaque fumosis exta dedere focis, Igne cremat vitulos quae natu maxima Virgo, Luce Palis populos purget ut ille cinis. Footnote 219: See below, p. 83. Footnote 220: This appears plainly in Ovid’s account (_Fasti_, 4. 633 foll.), and also in that of Lydus (4. 49): περὶ τὰ σπόριμα ὑπὲρ εὐετηρίας ἱεράτευον. Both doubtless drew on Varro. Lydus adds one or two particulars, that the ἀρχιερεῖς (?) scattered flowers among the people in the theatre, and went in procession outside the city, sacrificing to Demeter at particular stations; but he may be confusing this festival with the Ambarvalia. Footnote 221: See Mannhardt, _Myth. Forsch._ 190; cp. Frazer, _G. B._ ii. 43. Footnote 222: