Following up on the post of the November calendar and the mention there of the
Ludi Plebeii, I want to call attention to
this excellent post on the
E Nos Lases Iuvate blog:
Meaning and Sense of Ludi
Many rites in the Ancient Roman Religion implied the execution of Ludi or sport activites and games. These activities, surely showing competitive and sporting features, had a remarkable "sacred" value and importance. For this reason the Ludi had the feature of Res Divinae. Usually an agape, supported by an invitatione daemonum, completed the Ludi.
Read the rest
here.
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