t kine (fordae boves) to the earth-goddess. The most solemn and complete offering was that of the suove-taurilia, which consisted in the pig, sheep, and ox. It was made,as Cato tells us, by the farmer at the Ambarvalia (p. 279), and onbehalf of the Roman State in ceremonies of purification, such… … to 294 RELIGION chap, iv The victims have their heads wreathed with woollen fillets(infulae), while the body of the ox is encircled by a broad band orvitta. Beside them are the victimarii, one of whom carries thesacrificial axe (securis). The group on the right illustrates thebloodless offerings…
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