[259] obscura: etc. cf. Hor. Carm. 1.18.12 “nec variis obsita frondibus sub divum rapiam” (addressing Bassareus). The cista was either a cylindrical basket or a box, in which the secret emblems (orgia) of the worship of Bacchus, or of Ceres, were concealed from uninitiated eyes when carried in procession (celebrabant).
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