Hestia

[ hes-tee-uh ]

/ ˈhɛs ti ə /

the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.

Compare Vesta.

Example sentences from the Web for hestia

Hestia (Roman Vesta) presided over the private hearths and homesteads of the Greeks, and imparted to them a sacred character.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume I |John Lord
This is the fire which the Romans worshipped under the name of Hestia in ancient times.

History of the Wars, Books I and II (of 8) |Procopius
As Hestia had her home in the prytaneum, special temples dedicated to her are of rare occurrence.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 |Various
Upon this account it was called Pirpile; and by the same poet Histia, and Hestia, similar to the name above.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. |Jacob Bryant

For without you mortals hold no banquet,—where one does not duly pour sweet wine in offering to Hestia both first and last.

Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica |Homer and Hesiod

Hestia

/ (ˈhɛstɪə) /

Greek myth the goddess of the hearth Roman counterpart: Vesta