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greek mythology ♡ hestia

She is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. She is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea. 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. With the establishment of a new colony, flame from Hestia’s public hearth in the mother city would be carried to the new settlement.