Horace
Acta Saecularia(1) Oracle (greek) Carmen Saeculare(3)
(CIL VI 32 323) (J. B. Pighi, De ludis saec.)
1 a Moerae (Fates) 92 Fates 8 Parcae (Fates) 25 (7)
b agni feminae, caprae feminae -/- A -/- E
(fem. lambs, she-goates)
2 a Iuno, Diana 102 -/- Luna (Moon) 2 (1) B
b duae sellae positae -/- -/- 36 (9) H
(put up two chairs)
3 a Iupiter O. M. 103 Zeus 12 Vos (you) 49 (13) K
b boves mares ([two] bulls) white bulls D -/-
4 a Ilithyiae (goddesses of 115 Ilithyiae 9 Ilithyia 14, Lucina 15, D
child-birth) B Genitalis 16 (4-5[6])
b liba, popana, pthoes (cerial offerings according
offerings: 9 of each=27) to the right -/-
5 a Iuno Regina 119 Hera 15 Vos (you) 49 (13)
b boves feminae ([two] cows) calf E -/- K
6 a Terra Mater (Mother Earth) 136 Gaia (Earth) 10 Tellus (Earth) 29 (8)
b sus plena (pregnant sow) black, pregnant sow C F
7 a Apollo, Diana 139 Phoibos Apollon 16 Phoebus, Diana 1 (1) A
F Apollo 34 (9) G
b liba, popana, pthoes (cerial [the same offerings -/- F
offerings: 9 of each =27) as for the Ilithyiae]
8 a -/- Helios (Sun) 17 Sol (Sun) 9 (3) C
b -/- the same offerings G -/- B
as for the Ilithyiae
9 a -/- -/- [di (gods)] 45-46 (12)
b -/- -/- -/- H
10 -/- -/- songs of 27 boys and 148
27 girls
a : god/goddess (recipient of an offering)
b : offering
139 : line
34 (9) : verse (stanza)
F : (indicates the sequence of appearence in the oracle and in Horace)
-/- : no equivalent (
not
: mechanical lacuna)
(translation/explanation)
[surely to be infered from the context]
further literature: O. Weinreich: Triskaidekadische Studien, Beitraege zur Geschichte der Zahlen, Giessen, 1916
(CH)
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