Before revision: This story was used in classical antiquity to explain why slave women were forbidden from entering the shrine of Mater Matuta (the Roman equivalent of the goddess Ino/Leucothea), and the women who brought a single female slave with them would beat and slap them on the head;Plutarch, Life of Camillus 5.2 meanwhile in Chaeronea the temple-guardian would take a whip and shout "Let no slave enter, nor any Aetolian, man or woman!"
After revision: This story was used in classical antiquity to explain why slave women were forbidden from entering the shrine of Mater Matuta (the Roman equivalent of the goddess Ino/Leucothea), and the women who brought a single female slave with them would beat and slap them on the head;Plutarch, Life of Camillus 5.2 meanwhile in Chaeronea the guardian of the temple would take a whip and shout "Let no slave enter, nor any Aetolian, man or woman!"