TEMPLE VIRGINS
TEMPLE VIRGINS were a feature of many ancient religious cults. The most famous were the Vestal Virgins of Rome. Also famous were the Sybils of Delphi who were initially temple virgins. That is to say, at first the Sybils were beautiful maidens. But when their charms proved too much for Delphi’s more muscular enquirers, the priests of Apollo recruited older, less attractive women instead. (How can you run a business when you keep losing staff?)