An edition of Wikiquotes Vestal Virgin Page October 2022 Before the quotations were stripped down to a single Nine Word Quote. 90% Was Redacted With No Explanation.
Wikiquotes Vestal Virgin Page October 2022 Before the quotations were stripped down to a single Nine Word Quote. 90% Was Redacted With No Explanation...
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Wikiquotes Vestal Virgin Page October 2022 Before the quotations were stripped down to a single Nine Word Quote. 90% Was Redacted With No Explanation. Two Long quotes:
The vestals vowed to live in chastity for the thirty years their tenure lasted. As compensation they had many privileges not given to ordinary Roman women... The vestal virgins lived in the House of the Vestal Virgins on the Forum Romanum, near the Temple of Vesta. The order of the vestals was disbanded in 394 CE, when non-Christian cults were banned.
Vestal Virgins, The Only Female Priesthood in Rome, René Seindal (2003)<><><>
The Vestal virgin has forever been an image of a woman draped in white priestly garments, carrying herself with an air of purity and near divinity. The Vestal's image is one that has captured the imagination of writers, painters, sculptures and scholars for centuries. However this near divine woman is more than what she appears. The Vestal was more than a virgin; she was the daughter, mother and priestess of Rome herself. Behind this "glamorous" image is a strong, influential, pious and powerful woman who has sacrificed her sexuality and familial ties for not just the service of the Goddess Vesta but also to reap the rewards that such devotion sowed.
---The Power of Virginity: The Political Position and Symbolism of Ancient Rome's Vestal Virgin, By Kathryn Ann Wagner, Western Oregon University, (pdf) (Spring 2010)
The vestals vowed to live in chastity for the thirty years their tenure lasted. As compensation they had many privileges not given to ordinary Roman women... The vestal virgins lived in the House of the Vestal Virgins on the Forum Romanum, near the Temple of Vesta. The order of the vestals was disbanded in 394 CE, when non-Christian cults were banned.
Vestal Virgins, The Only Female Priesthood in Rome, René Seindal (2003)<><><>
The Vestal virgin has forever been an image of a woman draped in white priestly garments, carrying herself with an air of purity and near divinity. The Vestal's image is one that has captured the imagination of writers, painters, sculptures and scholars for centuries. However this near divine woman is more than what she appears. The Vestal was more than a virgin; she was the daughter, mother and priestess of Rome herself. Behind this "glamorous" image is a strong, influential, pious and powerful woman who has sacrificed her sexuality and familial ties for not just the service of the Goddess Vesta but also to reap the rewards that such devotion sowed.
---The Power of Virginity: The Political Position and Symbolism of Ancient Rome's Vestal Virgin, By Kathryn Ann Wagner, Western Oregon University, (pdf) (Spring 2010)
Publish Date
2022-10
Publisher
Unknown
Language
English
PPI
300
Previews available in: English
Subjects: Vestal Virgins, Virginity, Priestess, Nuns, Vesta, Divine Femine, Chastity, women, esoteric philosophy, ageless wisdom, Ancient Rome, Censorship