Ovid provides two etymologies for June's name, Wikipedia tells us, in his poem concerning the months entitled the Fasti. The first is that the month is named after the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter and equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera, whilst the second is that the name comes from the Latin word iuniores, meaning "younger ones," as opposed to maiores ("elders") for which the preceding month May is named (Fasti VI.1–88).
(I like to think it’s the latter, since June is the month of my birthday!)
Also called the season of the unicorn.
And here is Billy Collins reading the poem “June” by the Chinese poet Shi Tao, not the brighter poem for the month he himself would have written.
(I like to think it’s the latter, since June is the month of my birthday!)
Also called the season of the unicorn.
And here is Billy Collins reading the poem “June” by the Chinese poet Shi Tao, not the brighter poem for the month he himself would have written.
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