The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 88
ich occasion the Roman women were wont to makea pilgrimage barefooted to the temple of the goddess, andplace before her offerings of food. In the domestic life of the Romans the hearth and thehearth-goddess Vesta occupied as important a position asamong the Greeks. The Avorship of Vesta is closely… … K!g. 22.—Vesta Giastiniani. Torlonia Collection. 86 GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGT. Agreeably to the chaste, pure character of the goddess, she couldonly be represented in art witli au exj)ressiou of the strictest moralpurity; she generally appears either sitting or standing, her coun-tenance…
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