Meditrinalia
meditrinalia festival traditional roman religion celebrated october honor new vintage offered libation god first time year though obscure festival may called medendo latin healing roman began drink new wine mixed old considered healing property little information meditrinalia survived early roman religion although tradition known somehow connected jupiter important ceremony early agricultural rome beyond speculation exists goddess meditrina seems late roman invention account origin festival earliest account associating meditrinalia goddess nd century grammarian sextus pompeius festus basis meditrina asserted modern source roman goddess health longevity wine etymological meaning healer suggested scullard hh festival ceremony roman republic p london thames hudson isbn lacuscurtius site meditrinalia nova rom site libation meditrinalia referenceworks site meditrinalia