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Diana was not only regarded as a goddess of the wilderness and the hunt, but was often worshiped as a patroness of families. She served a similar function to the hearth goddess Vesta, and was sometimes considered to be a member of the Penates, the deities most often invoked in household rituals. In this role, she was often given a name ...
Vesta (Classical Latin:) is the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion. She was rarely depicted in human form, and was more often represented by the fire of her temple in the Forum Romanum .
Vesta Temple is a 6,299-foot-elevation (1,920-meter) summit located in the Grand Canyon, in Coconino County of northern Arizona, US. [3] It is situated eight miles west-northwest of Grand Canyon Village , and immediately northeast of Mimbreno Point.
[24] [25] Diana was said to spurn all men who sought her hand, that she might remain a virgin forever. [23] Men refrained from entering the temple of Diana that stood in the Vicus Patricius, although according to Plutarch, this was the result of a superstition, rather than any express prohibition; men freely entered other temples consecrated to ...
The Dii Consentes, also known as Di or Dei Consentes (once Dii Complices [1]), or The Harmonious Gods, is an ancient list of twelve major deities, six gods and six goddesses, in the pantheon of Ancient Rome.
The team behind RMS Titanic, Inc. has released new photos of the shipwreck after the goddess statue, "Diana of Versailles," was rediscovered. Decay of the shipwreck was also captured.
Diana: Death of a Goddess is a book about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales by psychiatrist and documentarian David Cohen. It was published in 2004 by Century, an imprint of Random House . A continuation of Cohen's 2003 documentary film on the same topic, Diana: The Night She Died , the book explores conspiracies surrounding the event and ...
2nd-century AD Roman statue of a Virgo Vestalis Maxima (National Roman Museum) 1st-century BC (43–39 BC) aureus depicting a seated Vestal Virgin marked vestalis. In ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins or Vestals (Latin: Vestālēs, singular Vestālis [wɛsˈtaːlɪs]) were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred hearth and its flame.