Evenerat autem eisdem diebus, annuo cursu completo, Adonea ritu veteri celebrari, amato Veneris (ut fabulae fingunt), apri dente ferali deleto, quod in adulto flore sectarum est indicium frugum.
Now, it chanced that at that same time the annual cycle was completed and they were celebrating, in the ancient fashion, the festival of Adonis (beloved by Venus, as the poets tales say), who was slain by the death-dealing tusk of a boar'a festival which is symbolic of the reaping of the ripe fruits of the field.
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