Any stories about Hestia?

Answer 1

Since Hestia was thought of as the Virgin protectress of households, neither the Greek or Romans believed they should spread gossip about her. Therefore, though she is mentioned in some writings, there are no tales about her. The temple of the Vestal Virgins is the temple of Hestia in Rome.

Answer 2

Hestia was the goddess of the hearth, and the life of the household. She was not a party pooper, or anything like that, but was a very strong and silent type. She was basically the same as Demeter, the nature mother goddess, except in an urban setting.

It was Hestia who saved Zeus from being overthrown. At the beginning of his reign, Zeus became tyrannical and overbearing. All the gods decided that he was as bad as his father Kronos, and decided to overthrow him. They tied him up in hundreds of knots while he was asleep, and then began fighting over which of them should be in charge. Hestia, seeing that things could only get worse, and that they would be vulnerable to attack with all the infighting, got a hundred armed monster to untie him. He punished the wrongdoers, but learned his lesson and became more just.

Another time, when Dionysus was running wild though the world and getting many followers so he could be accepted as one of the Olymplians, Hestia said that she would step down as one of the twelve Olympians to give him space (apparently there could only be twelve at a time).

Essentially she was very strong and powerful, but very wise and humble, and never one to exert her power over people, unless they transgressed certain boundaries. A very kind and benevolent goddess.

Answer 3

Hestia: Eldest daughter of Cronus and Rhea, she's the Goddess of Hearths and the altar-fires, whose sacred flame would burn in many cities.The ancient Greeks prayed to her before and after they ate.

With fire the only means of cooking and heating, she kindled a lot of respect. Hestia retained her virginity and became a re-born virgin when the Romans re-introduced her as Vesta.

Answer 4

Not many.

Hestia was thought of as a bit of a party-pooper, but since she was in charge of the hearth, you had to invite her to every event or you'd have no fire.

She basically moped around in the kitchen on Mount Olympus while the other gods and goddesses schemed and slept with each other's spouses and teenage boys and things like that.

But it's hard to be the star of juicy stories when you just sit by the fire. Apparently, she was also greasy and kinda sooty and she smelled like smoke...I guess that could be "hot" in a post-apocalyptic sorta way, but it didn't help her attractiveness.