Trivia: The goddess Vesta had a cult of priestesses known as what?
Vesta’s Harpies
Holy Maidens
Vestal Virgins
Hearth Goddesses
The correct answer is Vestal Virgins
So why is this answer correct? : Vesta, the goddess of the hearth and home (and most closely related to the Greek god Hestia), was one of Rome’s most important deities. She was the only god with a full-time clergy, known as Vestal Virgins — Roman womenwho took a vow of chastity and protected the sacred fire at the shrine of Vesta in the Roman Forum. The Vestal Virgins were established before the rise of the Roman Republic in the sixth century BCE and existed for nearly a millennia before they were disbanded during the reign of Christian emperor Theodosius I, who snuffed out the sacred fire for good in 394 CE.