June 15 | Fastorum Liber Sextus: Iunius
F Q • ST • D • F | XVII Kal. Iul. | VI.711-714, on this day the temple of Vesta is swept out.
Tertia lux veniet, qua tu, Dodoni Thyone,
stabis Agenorei fronte videnda bovis.
haec est illa dies, qua tu purgamina Vestae,
Thybri, per Etruscas in mare mittis aquas.
711 The third day will come, on which thou, O Thyone1 of Dodona, wilt stand visible on the brow of Agenor’s2 bull. It is the day on which thou, O Tiber, dost send the filth of Vesta’s temple down the Etruscan water to the sea.3
1
One of the Hyades, also called nymphs of Dodona. Their true morning rising was on May 6; apparent, June 9.
2
Father of Europa.
3
Swept out yearly on this day. See App. p. 425 (The worship of Vesta).
Q • ST • D • F = Quando Stercum Delatum Fas [“when dung may be removed lawfully (from the temple of Vesta)”]