From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins: Sex and Category in Roman ReligionThe role of women in Roman culture and society was a paradoxical one. On the one hand they enjoyed social, material and financial independence and on the other hand they were denied basic constitutional rights. Roman history is not short of powerful female figures, such as Agrippina and Livia, yet their power stemmed from their associations with great men and was not officially recognised. |
Contents
THE CULT OF BONA DEA | 13 |
Hercules and Cacus | 17 |
Hercules and Bona Dea | 24 |
The womens goddess | 30 |
A rite so ancient | 32 |
Bona Dea and the mysteries of Mithras | 36 |
Opertanea Sacra | 40 |
Wine milk and honey | 44 |
INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 3 | 97 |
VENUS | 99 |
Venus Verticordia | 103 |
Venus Obsequens and Venus Erycina | 113 |
Venus and Bona Dea | 125 |
The Vestals and Rome | 127 |
INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 4 | 129 |
THE USES OF VIRGINITY THE VESTALS AND ROME | 131 |
The cults of Ceres and Flora | 53 |
INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 2 | 55 |
CERES AND FLORA | 57 |
Uneasy misogymy | 59 |
Wife and prostitute in myth | 62 |
Wife and prostitute in ritual | 84 |
Venus role in Roman religion | 95 |
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From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins: Sex and Category in Roman Religion Ariadne Staples Limited preview - 2013 |
From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins: Sex and Category in Roman Religion Ariadne Staples No preview available - 2014 |
From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins: Sex and Category in Roman Religion Ariadne Staples No preview available - 2002 |