During the Roman festival dedicated to this goddess, the female household heads walked barefoot in a procession to her temple.
During the Roman festival dedicated to this goddess, the female household heads walked barefoot in a procession to her temple. This goddess was worshipped under the name Prutanitis at the thalamos in a Greek town's prytaneium. She was considered both the eldest and the youngest of her siblings because she was the first of her siblings to be swallowed by Cronus and the last to be regurgitated. In Ovid's Fasti, this goddess is woken up by the braying of a donkey,saving her from being raped by Priapus. Roman priestesses dedicated to this goddess prevented a sacred fire from going out. After rebuffing the advances of Apollo and Poseidon, this goddess asked Zeus to make her a virgin eternally, which resulted in her overseeing the production of bread and domestic life. For 10 points, name the Greco-Roman goddess of the hearth who was served in Rome by namesake virgins.
During the Roman festival dedicated to this goddess, the female household heads walked barefoot in a procession to her temple.
Hestia [or Vesta]