Re: [tied] Bakkhos etymology

On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 05:47:08 +0000, david_russell_watson
<liberty@...> wrote:

>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>>
>> I don't try to equate Janus and Jove
>
>Then what was intended by "Jovis (Janus)"? Most
>people reading that would assume that you believe
>'Janus' another name for 'Jove'.
>
>> and I don't negate the Janus as being the good of portals. I just
>> suggest Januarius _was not_ the first month of the year in the
>> ancient calendar but the 11-th month.
>
>That's not just your suggestion, but a known fact.
>In fact the older calendar strangely had only ten
>months until Januarius and Februarius were added
>later on, supposedly by king Numa Pompilius.

March being the first month (March 1 the start of the new
year), and December the last.

The period between Decemeber and March had no calendar.
There was nothing to do (agriculturally speaking) in those
months, so no point in keeping track of which day it was
exactly (as long as you knew on which day March and the New
Year was to start, of course).

=======================
Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...