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The Vinalia wan the first of two wine fistivals (the other was held in August).
In April, eight days before the full moon, wine of the previous year was opened and an offering to Jupiter was made.
This was a special day for courtesans and prostitutes.
Offer incense and pray for beauty and popular favor; pray to be charming and witty, give to Queen Venus her own myrtle and mint she loves, and bands of rushes hid in clustered roses" (Ovid *Fasti* 4.135-40)
Venus of Eryx was especially honored on this day. She had a temple in Rome, but the main temple was at Eryx, on the western tip of Sicily, where sacred prostitution was practiced.
📕 Bernstein, Frances, _Classical Living: Reconnecting with the Rituals of Ancient Rome_. HarperCollins, 2000.
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