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Macrobius

Saturnalia, Book I

c. 430

Saturnalia, Liber I

Book I of Macrobius’s Saturnalia: the gathering at Praetextatus’s house, the origins and customs of the Saturnalia, Janus and Saturn, the Roman calendar, and the identification of many gods with the sun—including the Egyptian rite of bringing forth an infant sun at the winter solstice.

Translated by Claude Opus 5.5 (study translation from Latin)

Latin: DigilibLT digital text (DLT000339) based on J. A. Willis, Ambrosii Theodosii Macrobii Saturnalia (Bibliotheca Teubneriana). DigilibLT license: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IT. English: study translation by Claude Opus 5.5 for BWAB Library—not the copyrighted Davies (1969) or Kaster/Loeb (2011) translations. Technical terms and contested passages may be revised.

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