The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special references to its use in art (1900)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, G. H. (George Henry) · New York : American Book · leaf 88
hich 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 worship of Vesta is closely… … 11 jg. 22.—Vesta Giustiniani. Torlonia Collectioi\ 86 GREEK 4ND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY. Agreeably to the chaste, pure character of the goddess, she couldonly be represented in art with an expression of the strictest mora]purity; she generally appears either sitting or standing, her coun>tenance…
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