174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
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Comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date, this volume offers a brand new analysis of the Vestal Virgins’ ritual function in Roman religion.
Undertaking a detailed and careful analysis of ancient literary sources, Wildfang argues that the Vestals’ virginity must be understood on a variety of different levels and provides a solution to the problem of the Vestals’ peculiar legal status in ancient... Read more
1. Within the Aedes Vestae 2. The Vestals in Public 3. Vestal Initiation – The Rite of Captio 4. The Vestals’ Virginity 5. The Vestals’ Legal and Financial Position 6. The Vestals in the Romans’ History 7. The Vestals in Roman History. Conclusion. Appendix A: Latin and Greek Texts. Appendix B: List of Known Vestals.
Biography
Robin Lorsch Wildfang is Project coordinator for Studenterkurset i Sønderjylland.
