And in the day of the king's birth every month they were brought by bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices; and when the feast of Bacchus was kept, the Jews were compelled to go in procession to Bacchus, carrying ivy.
Each month, on the anniversary of the king's birthday, the people were forced under bitter compulsion to eat of the sacrifices, and when the festival of Dionysus came, the Jews were compelled to march in the procession wearing wreaths of ivy in the god's honor.
