a vestal virgin at Rome, who having been suspected of unchastity, is said to have been cleared of that imputation in the following manner: The image of Cybele being brought out of Phrygia to Rome in a barge, and happening to stick so fast in the river Tiber, that it could not be moved, Claudia tied her girdle, the badge of chastity, to the barge, and drew it along to the city, which a thousand men were unable to do.