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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 .
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.
To Vesta is attributed one more story not found in Greek tradition by the Roman poet Ovid in his poem Fasti, where during a feast of the gods Vesta is nearly raped in her sleep by the god Priapus, and only avoids this fate when a donkey cries out, alerting Vesta and prompting the other gods to attack Priapus in defense of the goddess.
The Romans identified Hestia with Vesta, who was likewise regarded as goddess of the hearth and hospitality. Her worship is said to have predated the foundation of Rome , [ 4 ] and her temple stood in the forum , between the Capitoline and Palatine Hills . [ 5 ]
Articles relating to the goddess Vesta and her cult. She was the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion.
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Vesta was the goddess of Rome's hearths. The Romans believed that her sacred fire was closely tied to the fortunes of the city, and that its extinction signified imminent disaster for Rome. [ 4 ] Although it is known as a temple in modern times, its site, orientation and floor plan were not determined through augury .
It was once the home of former Birmingham mayor and Renaissance man George Ward, who built it at the top of Shades Mountain to resemble a Roman temple in the 1920s and named it after Vesta, the ...