Vesta and the Vestals

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In this video, I start to get into some of the conceptual themes around Vesta and the Vestals, the priestesses in charge of her official state worship. This will be part one of two videos on the Vestals, so if you’d like to see part 2 you can go ahead and subscribe. Thanks for watching! • The Hearth in Greco-Roman Religion: • The Hearth in Greco-Roman Religion • Primary Sources: • Hesiod, Theogony • Ovid, Fasti 6.249-468 • Secondary Sources: • Ovidius, Naso Publius, Publius Ovidius Naso, Grant Showerman, G. P. Goold, and Frank Justus Miller. Fasti. Vol. 253. Loeb Classical Library, 1989. • Harris, Stephen L. and Gloria Platzner. Classical Mythology: Images and Insights (6th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. 2012. • Images: • Capitoline Triad: Sailko (via Wikimedia Commons) • Minerva: AlMare (via Wikimedia Commons) • Artemis: Carole Raddato (via Wikimedia Commons) • Virgo Vestalis Maxima: Public Domain (via Wikimedia Commons) • Temple of Vesta: Wknight94 (via Wikimedia Commons) • Vesta’s Temple Complex/Home of the Vestals: Public Domain (via Wikimedia Commons) • Music: Descent from the Olympos Pentatonic. (original) • Website: www.hearthofhaemonia.com • IG/Pinterest/Vero: @hearthofhaemonia • Contact: [email protected]

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