Hestia was the goddess of
heath and home.
Her sisters were famous.
One of her sisters was Hera, wife of Zeus, queen of the gods, and the
goddess of marriage. Her other sister was Demeter, goddess of
agriculture and the harvest.
You would think that
there would be lots of myths about such an important goddess. But there
are not a lot of myths about Hestia.
But Hestia was deeply
honored by the ancient Greek women. Every day, when the women gathered
in the central courtyard of their homes, to do their sewing and cooking,
they knew that Hestia was keeping watch over them.
The women of ancient
Greece listened to stories about the other gods. But they took comfort
from Hestia. To them, Hestia was perhaps the most famous of all.
