the division and interface between religion, state and family structure.the rituals enacted by priestesses (both the public rituals performed in connection with official state rites and festivals and the private rites associated only with the order itself).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 Rome.Īddressing the one official state priesthood open to women at Rome, this volume explores and analyzes a range of topics including: Comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date, this volume offers a brand new analysis of the Vestal Virgins ritual function in Roman religion.
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