 | William Smith, Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1846 - 402 pages
...was entitled Vestalu Maxima, or Virgo Maxima, and we find also the expressions Vestalium vetustissima and tres maximae. Their chief office was to watch...extinction being considered as the most fearful of all 352 353 prodigies, and emblematic of the' extinction of the state. If such misfortune befell, and was... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Rome - 1851 - 486 pages
...died as they had lived, in the service of the goddess.* XIV. The chief office of the Vestal Virgins was to watch by turns, night and day, the everlasting...extinction of the state. If such misfortune befell and was occasioned by the carelessness of the priestess on duty, she was stripped and scourged by the pontifex... | |
 | William Smith - Greece - 1851 - 366 pages
...entitled Vestalis Maxima, or Virgo Maxima, and we find also the expressions Vestalium vetustissimaand tres maximae. Their chief office was to watch by turns,...extinction being considered as the most fearful of all 352 353 prodigies, and emblematic of the extinction of the state. If such misfortune befell, and was... | |
 | William Smith - Classical dictionaries - 1854 - 396 pages
...Vestalis Maxima, or Virgo Maxima, and we find also the expressions Vestaliumvetustissimaand tresmaximae. Their chief office was to watch by turns, night and...extinction of | the state. If such misfortune befell, and j was caused by the carelessness of the priest- 1 esy on duty, she was stripped and scourged by the... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1861 - 282 pages
...called the Vestal Virgins, were the preservers of the sacred fire of Vesta. They were in number six. Their chief office was to watch by turns, night and day, the eternal fire which burned on the altar of Vesta, and the extinction of which was emblematic of the... | |
 | William Smith - Latin language - 1867 - 404 pages
...called the Vestal Virgins, were the preservers of the sacred fire of Vesta. They were in number six. Their chief office was to watch by turns, night and day, the eternal fire which burned on the altar of Vesta, and the extinction of which was emblematic of the... | |
 | Amos Dean - Civilization - 1869 - 524 pages
...heads being decorated with fillets and ribbons. Their duties were principally of three kinds, viz : To watch, by turns, night and day, the everlasting fire which blazed upon the altar of Vesta. The extinction of that fire was regarded as a most fearful prodigy, and emblematic of the extinction... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1872 - 462 pages
...pricstesses of Vesta, six in numhrr, serving for a period of thirty years ; their chief duty was to wateh by turns, night and day, the everlasting fire which blazed upon the altar of the goddess. Dict. Antiqq. 51 3. Subeatur, let it be undergone. Subj. of command. 8. Vobis — patriae.... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1873 - 454 pages
...pricstesses of Vesta, six in number, serving for a period of thirty years ; their chief duty was to wateh by turns, night and day, the everlasting fire which blazed upon the altar of the goddess. Dict. Antiqq. 51 3. Subeatur, let it be undergone. Subj. of eommand. 8. Vobis — patriae.... | |
 | Sallust - Rome - 1874 - 358 pages
...were six in number, serving for a period of thirty years ; their chief duty was to wateh by turus, night and day, the everlasting fire which blazed upon the altar of the goddess. Diet. Antiqq. 3. Jus fasque = human and dicine law. " Fas lex divina est, jus lex humana."... | |
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Their chief office was to watch by turns, night and day, the everlasting fire which blazed upon the altar of Vesta, its extinction being considered as the most fearful of all prodigies, and emblematic of the extinction of the state. If such misfortune... 
