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Opiconsivia

Opiconsivia

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Ancient History General

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ISBN10: 6135448129
ISBN13: 9786135448122
Publisher: Betascript Pub
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.28 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. On August 25, the Opiconsivia (or Opeconsiva or Opalia) Roman festival was held in honor of Ops, usually known as Opis, and sometimes as Opus. Opiconsivia was another name of Opis. And this name also was given to December 19, on which day the Opalia were celebrated, in her honor (some mention also August 10 and December 9). The Latin word consivia (or consiva) derives from conserere (to sow). Hence, the word Opiconsivia may be interpreted as meaning the sowing of crops, since Ops ultimately means crops in the sense of riches, goods. This word is also related to Consus, the male consort of Opis as the seeder, who protected the harvested grain. Opis was deemed a chthonic (underworld, inside the earth) goddess who made the vegetation grow. Since her abode was inside the earth, Ops was invoked by her worshipers while sitting, with their hands touching the ground, according to Macrobius (Saturnalia, I:10).

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