Definitions for Hestia

Hestia Hes·ti·a

Spelling: [hes-tee-uh]
IPA: /ˈhɛs ti ə/

Hestia is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 142 anagrams from letters in Hestia (aehist).

Definitions for Hestia

noun

  1. the ancient Greek goddess of the hearth.

Examples for Hestia

In other words, it proceeded from the stately grove of Hestia, where stood an oracular temple.

As Hestia had her home in the prytaneum, special temples dedicated to her are of rare occurrence.

As the Kore is the representative of vegetable life, so Hestia stands in general for the indoor life, the family.

They will take notes of the examination, then seal up the tablet, and deposit it upon the altar of Hestia.

This is the fire which the Romans worshipped under the name of Hestia in ancient times.

Upon this account it was called Pirpile; and by the same poet Histia, and Hestia, similar to the name above.

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

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

The name Hestia (Latin Vesta) has been variously derived from roots meaning to sit, to stand, to burn.

The division of functions between Hera, Hestia, and Athene is clear.

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