god
Vesta
also: Vesta
Roman goddess of the hearth, served by the Vestal Virgins, priestesses sworn to chastity. Seducing a priestess of Vesta was a capital sacrilege.
Reading notes
- The Conspiracy of Catiline §15 priestess of Vesta
A Vestal Virgin, priestess of the hearth-goddess Vesta sworn to chastity; to violate one was a capital sacrilege against the Roman state.