concept
Hilaria
also: Гилярии
Roman festival of joy held in honor of Cybele in late March; Chekhov puns on its name to yoke it absurdly to the real contemporary journalist Nikita Gilyarov-Platonov.
Reading notes
- On March §11 Hilaria
A real Roman festival of rejoicing held in honor of Cybele near the vernal equinox; Chekhov puns on its name (Гилярии) to link it absurdly to the surname of the real journalist Gilyarov-Platonov.