festival
Compitalia
the Compitalia
also: Compitalia, Compitalicia
A moveable Roman festival of the crossroads-gods (Lares Compitales), held in early January; the occasion of Cicero's proposed walks with Atticus. Later notorious as the festival Clodius's henchman revived in 58 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 2.3 §4 let us save these things for our walks at the Compitalia
The Compitalia was a moveable Roman festival of the crossroads-gods (Lares Compitales), held in early January; Cicero proposes to talk politics with Atticus during the holiday strolls.
- Ad Atticum 7.7 §3 so as not to come as a burden to the household
The Compitalia, a moveable festival of the crossroads-Lares (Lares Compitales) celebrated in early January, fell here on 2 January; Cicero avoids descending on the Alban household on the feast-day itself, when the slaves kept holiday.