vestal virgin
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The story of the vestal virgin Claudia Quinta represents one such instance.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
His father was a "lunger," and ex-professor from the East; his mother a vestal virgin dedicated to keeping the home fires burning.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rhea enters upon her duties as a vestal virgin.
From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
The younger Pliny gives in one of his letters a pathetic account of the execution of Cornelia, a vestal virgin, by the order of Domitian.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Shadowy forms of emperor and lictor and vestal virgin and gladiator and martyr come out of the darkness, and pass before us in long and silent procession.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
