Opiconsivia
opiconsivia opeconsiva opalia ancient roman religious festival held august honor ops plenty also known opis goddess agricultural resource wealth festival marked end harvest mirror festival december saturnalia concerned storage grain latin word consivia consiva derives conserere sow opis deemed chthonic underworld inside earth goddess made vegetation grow since abode inside earth ops invoked worshiper sitting hand touching ground according macrobius saturnalia although ops consort saturn closely associated consus protector grain subterranean storage bin silo consus therefore thought alternate name saturn chthonic aspect consort festival consus consualia celebrated twice year time preceding ops august harvest december sowing crop finished opiconsivia festival superintended vestal flamen quirinus early sabine god said deified romulus quirinus absorbed included first earliest capitoline triad along mars—then agriculture god—and jupiter main priestess regia wore white veil characteristic vestal virgin chariot race performed circus maximus horse mule head crowned chaplet made flower also took part celebration h h scullard festival ceremony roman republic london thames hudson –