used by girls at puberty, x. 93

Vesta, her round temple, i. 13, ii. 200 sq.;

her sacred fires in Latium, i. 13 sq.;

worshipped at Lavinium, i. 14;

her festival in June, ii. 127 n. 3;

at Rome, the grove of, ii. 185;

her fire at Rome fed with oak wood, ii. 186, xi. 91, 286;

called Mother, not Virgin, ii. 198, 229;

as Mother, ii. 227 sqq.;

a goddess of fecundity, ii. [pg 512] 229 sq.;