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Hestia   /hˈɛstiə/   Listen
Hestia

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta.





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... signified fire; and also the Deity of that element. The Greeks expressed it [Greek: Hestia], and the Romans, Vesta. Plutarch, speaking of the sacred water of Numicius being discovered by the priestesses of this Deity, calls them the virgins of [230]Hestia. Esta and Asta signified also a sacred hearth. In early times every district was divided according to the number of ...
— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. • Jacob Bryant


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