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- As Silvia one day went into the sacred grove, to draw water for the service of the goddess, a wolf met her, and she fled into a cave for safety; there, while a total eclipse obscured the sun, Mars himself overpowered her, and then consoled her with the promise that she should be the mother of heroic children.
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The account says that Rhea Silvia went to a grove sacred to Mars to get water for use in the temple [10] where she encountered Mars who attempted to rape her, she ran into a cave to escape him but to no avail.
Rhea Silvia, a vestal virgin and daughter of the former king of Alba Longa, was said to be forcibly seduced or perhaps lovingly courted by the god of war, Mars. The union between a mortal woman and a Roman deity resulted in the conception of twin sons, who would later stand as pivotal figures in Rome’s fabled history.
A Roman sarcophagus (ca. 210 CE; Vatican Museum) depicts Rhea Silvia seated on a throne near the Tiber River, while Mars, armed as a warrior, approaches her. The Vestal Virgin is depicted bare-chested, chastely turning away from the god, and raising a robe to cover herself.
Rhea Silvia's position as a vestal virgin is crucial because it underscores her purity and dedication to religious duties, which were highly esteemed in Roman society. However, her forced vow of chastity is ironically challenged when she becomes pregnant by Mars.
The account says that Rhea Silvia went to a grove sacred to Mars to get water for use in the temple where she encountered Mars who attempted to rape her, she ran into a cave to escape him but to no avail. Mars then promised that her children would be great. These claims of her children's paternity were later doubted by the Roman historian Livy.
Mythic, worshipped in ancient Rome, circa 753 B.C.E.–C.E. 476. Rhea Silva (Silvia) was forced to become a Vestal Virgin—a woman who took a thirty-year vow of celibacy and service to the goddess Vesta —by her uncle, King Amulius of Alba Longa.
Oct 26, 2020 · When Rhea Silvia went into his grove to collect water for the temple he chased her into a cave and impregnated her. Mars promised that her children would be great, but Vesta was furious that Rhea Silvia’s vows had been broken.
