McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Neptunalia

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Neptunalia


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is the name of a festival anciently celebrated at Rome in honor of Neptune (q.v.) on the 23d of July. Little information is accessible as to the manner in which this festival was kept, but it would appear that huts were wont to be erected with the branches and foliage of trees, where people probably feasted and amused themselves in various ways.