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Vestal Virgin: Suspense in Ancient Rome
Suspense in ancient Rome Elissa Rubria Honoria is a Vestal Virgin--priestess of the sacred flame, a visionary, and one of the most powerful women in Rome.
THE VESTAL VIRGIN Clytie the fair and faithful fairy Is the very vestal virgin of
virtue Who ardently adores the most Splendent and splendid sun in the Fulgent
and fulgurant firmament From time immemorial but stubbornly Does he turn a
blind ...
Small-time entertainers Don and Dottie Baxter discover that their big break, a booking in a second-class Las Vegas lounge, has unexpected consequences as conflicting ambitions and tragedy threaten their love for each other
Charles William Smith,
1984
John Scheid In his speech Pro Caelio Cicero contrasts Clodia, the sister of his
enemy Clodius, with two great women of the Claudian family, Quinta Claudia and
Claudia the Vestal virgin. In connecting these two women (whose names were ...
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The World of Roman Costume
Late Trajanic portrait bust of a Vestal Virgin, now in the Uffizi, Florence, inv. 1914/
150. Photo: Alinari/Art Resource, New York neg. 1292. Fig. 3.6. Detail of the head
of a Vestal Virgin from frieze B of the Cancelleria reliefs (late Flavian), now in ...
Judith Lynn Sebesta, Larissa Bonfante,
2001
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From Good Goddess to
Vestal Virgins: Sex and Category in ...
The Vestal Virgin, Rhea Silvia - Ilia in some versions - gave birth to twin boys,
Romulus and Remus. The babies were exposed by order of their mother's wicked
uncle, the king, but were saved and suckled by a wolf. Later they were found by ...
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The Women of Pliny's Letters
A Vestal Virgin was in a special category, separate from the usual female
categories. Though her birth parents were still alive, she was no longer a
daughter. Nor, at least for 30 years, would she be a wife or mother. Of course, she
might well ...
Considering the remarkable devotion she had for her father, I am inclined to
believe that Claudia, a Vestal virgin, was a worthy descendant of noble Roman
stock. By decree of the Senate, her la7 CHAPTER LXII Claudia, a Vestal Virgin.
Giovanni Boccaccio, Virginia Brown,
2003
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ...
From the moment that a vestal virgin was chosen and taken to the atrium of Vesta
, she was emancipated from her father's power : she required no patron in any
court of justice, and had the right to dispose of her property by testament ; and if ...
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Virginity Revisited: Configurations of the Unpossessed Body
59 The Sacrifice of the Vestal Virgin: A Theoretical Outline The question now
arises: how can a people sacrifice its symbol? How can the incarnation of the
state be ritually murdered? Burkert's explanation for the sacrifice of a virgin in his
...
Bonnie MacLachlan, Judith Fletcher,
2007
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The Obama Presidency – A Cacophony of Corruption
It is, they assure us, the political equivalent of the Vestal Virgins who guard the sacred flame. As Obama, himself, has insisted, there is not a “scintilla of scandal” ... «Breitbart News, 六月 15»
The 7 Most Historic Divorces Of All Time, From Napoleon To Julius …
In 62 BC, Pompeia threw a women-only party at her house for a religious festival, hosted by herself and the Vestal Virgins — but a young rabble-rousing ... «Bustle, 五月 15»
KKD and the sweet taste of youth
... found him a young virgin to cherish and lie in his bosom and give him heat. ... Most of them, especially the concubines, were very young girls – vestal virgins. «GhanaWeb, 五月 15»
10 things you never knew about beer
In ancient Egypt, an inebriated charioteer was apprehended after running down a vestal virgin of the goddess Hathor. The culprit was crucified on the door of the ... «NEWS.com.au, 七月 14»
Professing Faith: The Protoevangelium is noncanonical but …
Q: What is the Protoevangelium of Mary, the story of the virgin Mary's birth, and ... the pagan Roman practice of the Vestal Virgin priestesses of Vesta in Rome. «Redlands Daily Facts, 五月 14»
Boko Haram, Procol Harum, Blessings
I thought I'd misheard it for Procol Harum, the seminal band from the late 1960s, whose "Whiter Shade of Pale," with their lyrics about sixteen vestal virgins, runs ... «Huffington Post, 五月 14»
Neoclassicismo: Vestal Virgin Condemned to Death, de Pietro Saja
O pintor italiano Pietro Saja fez a obra Vestal Virgin Condemned to Death (numa tradução livre algo como Virgem Vestal Condenada à Morte) por volta do ano ... «Universia Brasil, 二月 14»
CARISTAS: Celebration of the Dear Ones
The festival period begins with a solemn memorial held by the Vestal Virgins for the first members of their Order, Gegania and Verania, Canuleia and Tarpeia, ... «Patheos, 二月 13»
On Pins and Needles: Stylist Turns Ancient Hairdo Debate on Its Head
Her long tresses provided an ideal medium for demonstrating a style worn by the Vestal Virgins—women who took a vow of chastity and guarded a sacred fire in ... «Wall Street Journal, 二月 13»
Dawn journal: Vesta's mountains, gorges and craters
The yawning hole is now known as Rheasilvia, after the Vestal Virgin who not only ... names Vestan craters for Vestal Virgins and other famous Roman women; ... «The Planetary Society, 一月 13»