Most of the links I get are to travel journals of people who visited the temple of Vesta in Rome. I also get some pretty random sites, like Vestal Virgin lesbian porn, for example. I don't know why virginity is supposed to be so erotic; you'd think it would have the opposite effect on people.
Today I found the link to a song called "Vestal Virgin." I was excited... until I saw that the tag-line was "Deranged, estranged, and buried." Hmm. That's uplifting.
It's a poorly recorded punk mess, and it's pretty much the worst song I've ever heard. You gotta listen to it: click here.
The song refers to the method ancient Rome used to execute Vestal Virgins when they lost their virginity. They believed if a vestal was impure, it would anger the gods and possibly bring about the destruction of Rome, so they buried guilty vestals alive.
I guess if I were buried alive, I'd be pretty deranged and estranged too.
The Romans certainly had no qualms about doling out punishment.
ReplyDeleteI just set up a Google alert for my favorite painter, Titian. Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeleteI only recently started using Google alerts, and I love it! Maybe virginity is erotic because people fantasize about being someone's first?? No idea, but it made me think, which was a weird thing to think about and then I thought about how weird it is the things I think, and before I knew it it was next year and I was still thinking... :)
ReplyDeleteLol. Daisy, you need to stick around: you make me laugh.
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