▁B ona ▁De a ' s ▁cult ▁image ▁from ▁her ▁temple ▁and ▁laid ▁it ▁upon ▁her ▁c ouch , ▁as ▁an ▁hon oured ▁guest . ▁The ▁god dess ' ▁me al ▁was ▁prepared : ▁the ▁ent rails ▁( ext a ) ▁of ▁a ▁sow , ▁sacrific ed ▁to ▁her ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁people ▁( pro ▁pop ulo ▁Rom ano ), ▁and ▁a ▁lib ation ▁of ▁sacrific ial ▁wine . ▁The ▁festival ▁continued ▁through ▁the ▁night , ▁a ▁women - only ▁ban quet ▁with ▁female ▁mus icians , ▁fun ▁and ▁games ▁( l ud ere ), ▁and ▁wine ; ▁the ▁last ▁was ▁eu ph em ist ically ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" mil k ", ▁and ▁its ▁container ▁as ▁a ▁" h oney ▁jar ". ▁The ▁r ites ▁san ct ified ▁the ▁temporary ▁removal ▁of ▁custom ary ▁constraints ▁im posed ▁on ▁Roman ▁women ▁of ▁all ▁classes ▁by ▁Roman ▁tradition , ▁and ▁under lined ▁the ▁pure ▁and ▁law ful ▁sexual ▁pot ency ▁of ▁vir g ins ▁and ▁mat rons ▁in ▁a ▁context ▁that ▁ex cluded ▁any ▁reference ▁to ▁male ▁persons ▁or ▁cre atures , ▁male ▁l ust ▁or ▁s edu ction ,. ▁According ▁to ▁Cic ero , ▁any ▁man ▁who ▁caught ▁even ▁a ▁g limp se ▁of ▁the ▁r ites ▁could ▁be ▁pun ished ▁by ▁bl inding . ▁ ▁Later ▁Roman ▁writers ▁assume ▁that ▁apart ▁from ▁their ▁different ▁dates ▁and ▁locations , ▁B ona ▁De a ' s ▁December ▁and ▁May ▁ 1 ▁festiv als ▁were ▁essentially ▁the ▁same . ▁ ▁Cl od