Editing Lupercalia (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:CaesarRefusesTheDiademRidpathdrawing.jpg|thumb|''Caesar Refuses the Diadem'' (1894), when it was offered by Mark Antony during the Lupercalia]]

[[Horace]]'s Ode III, 18 alludes to the Lupercalia. The festival or its associated rituals gave its name to the [[Roman calendar|Roman month]] of [[February (Roman month)|February]] (''{{lang|la|mensis Februarius}}'') and thence to the modern month. The [[Roman pantheon|Roman god]] [[Februus]] personified both the month and purification, but seems to postdate both.

[[William Shakespeare]]'s play [[Julius Caesar (play)|''Julius Caesar'']] begins during the Lupercalia. [[Mark Antony]] is instructed by Caesar to strike his wife [[Calpurnia (wife of Caesar)|Calpurnia]], in the hope that she will be able to conceive.

Research published in 2019 suggests that the word [[Leprechaun]] derives from ''Lupercus''.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-49579940 |title= Leprechaun 'is not a native Irish word' new dictionary reveals| website= [[BBC News|BBC.com]]| date= 5 September 2019| access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lost-irish-words-rediscovered-including-the-word-for-oozes-pus |title= Lost Irish words rediscovered, including the word for 'oozes pus'| publisher= Queen's University Belfast |work= Dictionary of the Irish Language, dil.ie |date= 30 August 2019|via= Cambridge University, cam.ac.uk| access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.dil.ie/30904 |title= lupracán, luchorpán| website= Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language; dil.ie| accessdate= 6 September 2019}}</ref>

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