"Lupercalia" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the feast of the Palilia. That of the Lupercalia would seem, from the time of its celebration, to be a ceremony of purification; for it is held during the ominous days of February, a month whose name one might translate by Purification; and that particular day was originally called Febrate. The name of this ...
— Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4) • Plutarch
... since the machinery of the conspiracy was set in motion. The action in the preceding scene took place on the day of the Lupercalia; the action in this is on the eve of the ...
— The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Caesar • William Shakespeare
... by the indignity with which he treated the tribunes of the people. In the Lupercalia, which, according to most writers, is an ancient pastoral feast, and which answers in many respects to the Lycaea among the Arcadians, young men of noble families, and indeed many of the magistrates, run about the streets naked, and, by way of diversion, strike ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2 • Various |
