a Roman matron (not a vestal virgin, as frequently stated), who is said to have cleared herself of the imputation of incontinence in the following manner:—When the image of Cybele was brought out of Phrygia to Rome, the barge in which it was conveyed stuck fast on a bank in the Tiber; whereupon Claudia tied her girdle, the badge of chastity, to the barge, and drew it along to the city,—a feat which a thousand men had been unable to do. (Ovid, Fast. iv. 305.)