Hearth: The Goddess of the Hearth, Domestic Life and Family, 8.5cm Veronese Electrolytic Bronze Full Body Statue

In the Ancient

Greek religion, Hestia (Greek: ?st?a, "hearth" or "fireside") is the virgin goddess of the hearth, the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. In Greek mythology, she is the firstborn child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Customarily, in Greek culture, Hestia received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. In the public domain, the hearth of the prytaneum functioned as her official sanctuary, and, when a new colony was established, a flame from Hestias public hearth in the mother city would be carried to the new settlement and a portion of the sacrifices, to whatever divinity they were offered, belonged to her. The gods Poseidon and Apollo both (her brother and nephew respectively) fell in love with Hestia and vied for her hand in marriage. But Hestia would have neither of them, and went to Zeus instead, and swore a great oath, that she would remain a virgin for all time and never marry. In the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, she is described as having "no power" over Hestia. Zeus assigned Hestia a duty to feed and maintain the fires of the Olympian hearth with the fatty, combustible portions of animal sacrifices to the gods.

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