Editing Vesta (mythology) (section)

===Impropriety of Priapus===
In book 6 of Ovid's ''Fasti'': [[Cybele]] invited all the gods, satyrs, rural divinities, and nymphs to a feast, though [[Silenus]] came uninvited with his donkey. At some point during the feast, Vesta lay at rest, and [[Priapus]] spotted her. As he approached her in order to violate her, the ass brought by Silenus let out a timely bray, whereupon Vesta awoke and Priapus barely escaped the outraged gods.<ref name="Fasti1">[[Ovid]], ''Fasti'' VI. 319-48</ref> Mentioned in book 1 of the ''Fasti'' is a similar instance of Priapus' impropriety involving [[Lotis (mythology)|Lotis]] and Priapus. The Vesta-Priapus account is not as well developed as that involving Lotis, and critics suggest the account of Vesta and Priapus only exists to create a cult drama.{{sfn|Littlewood|2006|p=103}} Ovid says the donkey was adorned with necklaces of bread-bits in memory of the event. Elsewhere, he says donkeys were honored on 9 June during the ''Vestalia'' in thanks for the services they provided in the bakeries.<ref name="Fasti1" />