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Hestia (Vesta)
Hestia was the Greek goddess of the hearth. She was originally one of the twelve Olympians, but gave up her throne to Dionysus to avoid arguments. Her symbols include the hearth and a fire. Hestia's Roman name was Vesta.
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What are the names of Hestia's siblings?
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Father: Cronus
Mother: Rhea
Brothers: Zeus, Hades, Poseidon
Sisters: Hera, Demeter
Nieces: Persephone, Athena, Artemis
Nephews: Hermes, Apollo, Hephaestus, Dionysus
Grandparents: Gaea and Uranus
Just the immediate family.
What key events is Hestia involved in?
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The birth of herself and her siblings, her decree to Zeus to always be a virgin because of the suitors Apollo and Poseidon sworn upon the head of Zeus; a Roman myth is accounted with Vesta (Hestia's Roman counterpart) and Priapus where he attempted to rape Hestia while she slept after a feast of Cybele, and a donkey brayed to waken her and the crowd of gods and goddesses came to her aid.
Where does Hestia live?
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Hestia lived on Mount Olympus, casting out only on rare occasions
What does Hestia eat?
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Hestia eats what all the other Greek gods eat: ambrosia and nectar.
What good things did Hestia do?
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Well she is the mother of the hearth, without her, everysingle living thing would die, starting off with the gods. For their life force is intertwined with the holy fire of Olympus which is tended to all the time by mother Hestia! So she keeps us alive, and nit only that but she is in a way like Hera, for she helps in the sibling rivals in old stories and she helped in everyday fuses that went on in the house. She is that fire of the meal table, the fire of our warmly life! Hope it helped
What is Hestia's whysical appearance?
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Actually,Hestia did have a throne.But when Dionysus,the Greek god of wine and festivity was born,there were no more seats.So in courtesy to Dionysus,Hestia gave up her seat on Olympus and gave it to him.
Who did Hestia give up her seat for on mount Olympus?
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Hestia, not wanting to be involved in the gods' quarrels, decided to leave Olympus to tend to her sacred hearth. She became a lesser goddess in the same ranks of Pan and Dionysus, the latter of whom later rose to the place of Olympian when Zeus chose him to take Hestia's place.
What does Hestia wear as clothes?
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Hestia was the Greek Goddess of the hearth fire. She wears a long robe, with part of it covering her head. Her right hand lays by her side, however in her left hand she holds a scepter. She was know for her grace and beauty, and was the gentlest of the Olympians. Many of her facial features are unknown. She isn't known for doing anything special, she just "is".
What is the greek god Hestia symbol?
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The Greek goddess Hestia's symbol was the pig and the house.
Who is Hestia a resident of?
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In Greek mythology, virgin Hestia (Roman Vesta) is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea.
She is a goddess of the hearth, of the right ordering of domesticity and the family, who received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. In the public domain, the hearth of the pyrtaneum functioned as her official sanctuary. With the establishment of a new colony, flame from Hestia's public hearth in the mother city would be carried to the new settlement. She sat on a plain wooden throne with a white woolen cushion and did not trouble to choose an emblem for herself.
In Roman mythology, her more specifically civic approximate equivalent was Vesta, who personified the public hearth, and whose cult round the ever-burning hearth bound Romans together in the form of an extended family. The similarity of names between Hestia and Vesta, is misleading: "The relationship hestia-histie-Vesta cannot be explained in terms of Indo-European linguistics; borrowings from a third language must also be involved," Walter Burket has written. At a deep level her name means "home and hearth", the oilos, the household and its inhabitants. "An early form of the temple is the hearth house; the early temples at Dreros and Prinias on Crete are of this type as indeed is the temple of Apollo at Delphi which always had its inner hestia" Among classical Greeks the altar was always in the open air with no roof but the sky, and that of the oracle at Delphi was the shrine of the Goddess before it was assumed by Apollo. The Mycenaean great hall, such as the hall of Odysseus at Ithaca was a megaron, with a central hearthfire.
The hearth fire of a Greek or Roman household was not allowed to go out, unless it was ritually extinguished and ritually renewed, accompanied by impressive rituals of completion, purification and renewal. Compare the rituals and connotations of an eternal flame and of sanctuary lamps. At the more developed level of the polis, Hestia symbolizes the alliance between the colonies and their mother cities.
What is another name for the romen name of Hestia?
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Hestia's name comes from "hearth", as she is the Greek goddess of hearth, home, and fire.
What were the pastimes of Hestia?
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Hestia is goddess of the hearth and home, so tasks of the home would be associated with her.
Who does Hestia worship?
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Hestia had few significant temples or shrines dedicated to her. Rather she presided over the hearth at the centre of each home, the altars of all the gods, and the public hearth of the city. There seems, however, to have been a Hestia temple at Hermione in Greece. The Romans, though, built temples to her equivalent, Vesta. The most famous one on Forum Romanum, Rome.
Who does Hestia love?
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No! She is one of the only three virgin goddesses! There for, no husband!!!
No Hestia did not have a husband.
What characteristic does Hestia share with Artemis and Athena?
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Bold, for Hestia vowed upon the head of Zeus to remain a virgin, turning down marriage to Apollo and Poseidon.
Honorable, for Hestia was born first, and so liberation in thanks to the gods at feasts were given to her first and last; the hearth and fire of home and city were hers.
Roman goddesses of hearth and home?
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Vesta is the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion. Vesta's presence is symbolized by the sacred fire that burned at her hearth and temples. Her closest Greek equivalent is Hestia.
When was Hestia born?
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Greek mythology does not give a date of birth for Hestia. She was however the first born of Cronus and Rhea, father and mother of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, and Demeter.
Can hestia get married?
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Hestia can not get married because like Artemis and Athena she took a vow to never marry a man. She swore to stay a virgin.
How was Hestia's love life like?
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Her brothers are Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon. Her sisters were Hera, and Demeter. Her parents are Cronus and Rhea. She is a virgin, so she doesn't have any offspring.
What does Hestia really hate?
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She was afraid of, conflict... Really nothing else... There was things she didn't like but not that she was scared of.
Why is Hestia always forgotten?
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Hestia is usually forgotten because of the fact that she is always in olympus guarding the iternal fire of the gods 12 of thm to e exact
What are Hestia's favorite things?
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Q: Who did Hestia love?
Hestia was one of the three goddesses who swore to keep their virginity to Zeus. She desired Apollo but she never really loved anyone by the Greeks description of love. If someone is your true love you must loose your virginity to your spouse.
So Hestia never truly loved anyone
Also she supposedly is always tending the internal fire so she couldn't loose her virginity anyhow
