XV,  53  , c Kalendariis  docere  co-
natus est , initium  illorum  ludorum
fuisse  XIII  Kaiend.  Maii,  seu  die
19  Aprilis.  Quae  ratio  diserte  ab  Ovi-
dio ipso  refellitur.  Etenim  vers.  611,
demum  ad  Idus^  ct  619,  ad  turem
tertiam  post  } 'eneris  Idus  progredi-
tur. Nos  cum  Massono  vers.  377  ,
tertiam  tueem  tertium  dien?  Mega-
lensium , sive  diem  6 Aprilis  recte
intellexisse  nobis  videmur.  Ergo
proxima  h*r  Eos  dicin  7 Aprilis ,
VII  Idus  indicat.  Atque  huic  eidem
diei  Kaiend.  unum  ludos  Cereales
assignat.
Inspicere  rliani  ex  alto  despicere  ;
iEneid.  11,4?*  machina  inspectura
domos,  de  equo  Trojano.—
Circensem  diligenter  descripsit  Dio-
nysius Halicam.  VII , 73.  Eam  du-
cebant viri  summi  a Capitolio  per
forum  in  circum.  Primi  erant  ea-
rum filii  adolescentiili  equis  insi-
dentes. Hos  sequebantur  quadriga-
rii , bigarii , equorum  singularium
agtlalores,  atlilel»,  saltatorum  cho-
ri, tibicines,  citharistae,  alii.  Pom-
pam cogebant  plurimorum  Deorum
simulacra,  qtix  hominum  humeris
porlahaiitur;  inde  sane  celebritas  cir-
ri. Dc  simulacris  Deorum  in  pom-
pa, locus  jucundus  est  III  Amor.  1.
Pro  celeber  novem  MSS  ct  cd.  qua-
dam celebris,  quod  et  ipsum  rertum
esse  Burmanniis  monet.  — Kcgii
Ires  nostri  codices  habent  celeber,
qua  forma  primi  casus  est  usita-
tior. Kd.  — Ventosi  audacter  di-


a64  P.  OVIDII  NASONIS

Primaque  ventosis  palma  petetur  equis.
Hi  Cereris  ludi ; non  est  opus  indice  causae :

Sponte  Deae  munus,  promeriluniquc  patet.
Messis  erant  primis  virides  mortalibus  herbae,  SgS

Quas  tellus,  nullo  sollicitante,  dabat :

Et  modo  carpebant  vivaci  cespite  gramen ;

Nunc  epulae  tenera  fronde  cacumen  erant.
Postmodo  glans  nata  est : bene  erat  jam  glande  reperta ;

Duraque  magnificas  quercus  habebat  opes.  4<>o

Prima  Ceres  homini , ad  meliora  alimenta  vocato,
Mutavit  glandes  utiliore  cibo.

### Language ###
Latin

### Assessment ###
The text discusses Ceres and food sources, with a specific mention of what humans ate before cultivated crops. A natural query could ask about early human food sources.

### Query ###
Quid primi mortales pro cibo edebant?

Note: This query ("What did the first mortals eat for food?") is straightforward and would be answered by the text's mention of "virides herbae" (green herbs/plants) as the first food of mortals, while being a natural question someone might ask about ancient human history without knowing about this specific text.
Quid primi mortales pro cibo edebant?

Note: This query ("What did the first mortals eat for food?") is straightforward and would be answered by the text's mention of "virides herbae" (green herbs/plants) as the first food of mortals, while being a natural question someone might ask about ancient human history without knowing about this specific text.