Ovid's splendid poem on the Roman calendar is an invaluable source of information about religious practices: it sets forth for us explanations of the festivals and sacred rites that were noted on the calendar. Here we see, among many others, the Festival of the Dead; the strange fertility rites of the Lupercalia; the merry revels of Midsummer Eve; the casting of effigies into Father Tiber. The poet also relates in graphic detail the legends attached to specific dates. This edition of < I>