God · Greek

Hestia

Hestia, a god of the Greek world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.

Tradition: greek

Documented identifications

LinkWho said soNote
identified as TabitiHerodotus, Histories 4.59, c. 430 BCETabiti, the hearth goddess honoured above all by the Scythians, is Hestia.
identified as VestaRoman lectisternium of the twelve gods, 217 BCE (Livy 22.10)Vesta of the sacred hearth was the Roman Hestia.

Sources

  1. Herodotus, Histories, Book IV (tr. A. D. Godley, Wikisource)
  2. Livy, History of Rome 22.10 (Perseus)
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