HESTIA  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the " See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-goddess," daughter of Cronus and See also:

• RHEA

Rhea, the goddess of See also:

• HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

hearth and See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home . She is not mentioned in See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, although the hearth is recognized as a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• REFUGE

refuge for suppliants; this seems to show that her See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship was not universally acknowledged at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the Homeric poems . In See also:

• POST

post-Homeric See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion she is one of the twelve Olympian deities, but, as the abiding goddess of the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household, she never leaves See also:

• OLYMPUS

Olympus . When See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo and See also:

• POSEIDON

Poseidon became suitors for her See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, she swore to remain a See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden for ever; whereupon See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus bestowed upon her the See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of presiding over all sacrifices . To her the opening See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice was offered; to her at the sacrificial See also:

• MEAL

meal the first and last libations were poured . The fire of Hestia was always kept burning, and, if by any See also:

• ACCIDENT
• ACCIDENT (from Lat. accidere, to happen)

accident it became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct, only. sacred fire produced by See also:

• FRICTION (from Lat. fricare, to rub)

friction, or by burning glasses See also:

• DRAWING

drawing fire from the See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun, might be used to rekindle it . Hestia is the goddess of the See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union, the personification of the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of home; and as the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city union is only the family union on a large See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale, she was regarded as the goddess of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . In this See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character her See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary was in the See also:

• PRYTANEUM

prytaneum, where the See also:

• COMMON

common hearth-fire See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round which the magistrates meet is ever burning, and where the sacred See also:

• RITES

rites that sanctify the See also:

• CONCORD
• CONCORD, BOOK OF (Liber Concordiae)

concord of city See also:

• LIFE

life are performed . From this fire, as the representative of the life of the city, intending colonists took the fire which was to be kindled on the hearth of the new See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony . Hestia was closely connected with Zeus, the See also:

• GOD

god of the family both in its See also:

• EXTERNAL

external relation of hospitality and its See also:

• INTERNAL

internal unity round its own hearth; in the Odyssey a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath is by Zeus, the table and the hearth . Again, Hestia is often associated with See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes, the two representing home and domestic life on the one hand, and business and outdoor life on the other; or, according to others, the association is See also:

• LOCAL

local—that of the god of boundaries with the goddess of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . In later See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy Hestia became the hearth of the universe—the personification of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth as the centre of the universe, identified with See also:

• CYBELE, or CYBEBE (Gr. Ku/3X, Ku,(3i7sn)

Cybele and See also:

• DEMETER

Demeter .

As Hestia had her home in the prytaneum, special temples dedicated to her are of rare occurrence . She is seldom represented in See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art, and plays no important See also:

• PART

part in See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend . It is not certain that any really Greek statues of Hestia are in existence, although the See also:

• GIUSTINIANI

Giustiniani See also:

• VESTA (Gr. 'Errata)

Vesta in the Torlonia Museum is usually accepted as such . In this she is represented See also:

• STANDING

standing upright, simply robed, a See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood over her See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, the See also:

• LEFT

left hand raised and pointing upwards . The See also:

• ROMAN

Roman deity corresponding to the Greek Hestia is VESTA (q.v.) . See A . Preuner, Hestia-Vesta (1864), the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the subject, and his See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in See also:

• ROSCHER, WILHELM GEORG FRIEDRICH (1817–1894)

Roscher's Lexikon der Mythologie; J . G . Frazer, " The Prytaneum," &c., in See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal of See also:

• PHILOLOGY

Philology, xiv . (1885) ; G . Hagemann, De Graecorum prytaneis (1881), with bibliography and notes; Homeric See also:

• HYMNS

Hymns, See also:

• XXIX

xxix., ed . T .

W . See also:

• ALLEN, BOG OF
• ALLEN, ETHAN (1739–1789)
• ALLEN, GRANT CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIEI, (1848–1899)
• ALLEN, JAMES LANE (1850– )
• ALLEN, JOHN (1476–1534)
• ALLEN, or ALLEYN, THOMAS (1542-1632)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM (1532-1594)
• ALLEN, WILLIAM FRANCIS (183o-1889)

Allen and E . E . Sikes (1904); Farnell, Cults, the Greek States, v . (1909) .