HESTIA, the Greek goddess of the domestic and communal hearth, is closely allied to the Roman goddess Vesta. Hestia, the eldest child of Kronos and Rhea, was swallowed by her father at birth, and was the last to emerge from the patriarchal...

In Greek mythology, virginal Hestia (ancient Greek Ἑστία) is the 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...

Greek goddess of the hearth, Hestia has been presented as the female challenge to the 'center' as represented by the phallus. However, there is little supporting documentation to support the humanised theory. Hestia may also be a symbolic representation of the sacred hearth without...

Hestian Greek Goddess