Vesta

Reading notes

• The Odes §1.2 temple of Vesta

  The shrine of Vesta in the Forum, with its sacred hearth-fire tended by the Vestal Virgins.

• The Odes §1.2 Vesta

  The hearth-goddess whom the Vestal Virgins implore as the empire totters.

• The Odes §3.5 Vesta

  'Eternal Vesta,' emblem of Rome's enduring sanctity, forgotten by the captives.

• The Epistles §2.2 Vesta

  Goddess of the hearth; her round temple stood in the Forum, a landmark on the route where the Bore is delayed by his lawsuit.

• The Satires §1.9 the temple of Vesta

  The round shrine of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, in the Forum; reaching it marks how far the Bore has dragged Horace and where his lawsuit catches up with him.