culture “Hail, goddess, preserves this city in harmony and opulence. Take all the products of the earth, the horse from ‘food, bears the fruit, leads the ear, from ‘the harvest, also nourish peace, because they reap, who plowed “ (Callimachus, ‘A Demeter’) The Fest of the grains in ancient Rome. The “Rituals of the Vestal Virgins” and the “Ludi of Ceres” From Eleusis to Ariccia: the secret rite of Ceres and the shrine of Casaletto In January Ceres was celebrated with fests in her honor, the Feriae sementivae The maza of Iuno Sospes in Lanuvio Share this:Share