A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps.

JUNO CALENDARIS,

Because the first days of every Month, called the Calends, were consecrated to her, and a White Cow, or a She Goat was commonly Sacrificed in her Honour, wherefore she was sirnamed Aegophagos, or She-Goats Eater.

She was represented with Birds that were under her protection, viz. the Goose, the Peacock, and the Vulture.

The Assyrians and Affricans, and after them the Greeks and Romans have given the name of Juno to the Air; and for that reason some Writers assure us, that the name of Juno in Greek 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, is but a transposition of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. Tul∣ly speaking of the nature of the Air, explains the Fable of Juno: Aer, ut stoici disputant, in∣terjectus tuter mare & caelum, Junonis nomine consecratur. The Air between Heaven and the Sea, is called by the name of Juno, quae est sorer & cusjux Jovis, quod ei similitudo est a∣theris, & cum eo summa conjunctio. And here∣upon is grounded the Kindred and Marriage between Jupiter and Juno, i. e. Heaven and Air. And this is plainly discovered in a Fa∣ble of Homer, wherein he tells us, that Jupi∣ter tied Juno to a Chain, with two Anvils hanging at her Feet, to shew that the Air is independant on Heaven, and the Earth and the Sea are dependant on the Air. In fine, Poets have ascribed to Juno the quality of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, albis ulnis, because of the trans∣parency of the Air.