Like Athena and Artemis Hestia was referred to as a virgin goddess.

Roman name for hestia. Venus Hades roman name is. The temple of Vesta was one of the most important in the city of Rome. Rhea is known as the Great Mother She is the Titan of female fertility and motherhood.

She was one of only twelve Olympian deities. Hestia was the first Olympian in Mount Olympus and is the older sister of Demeter Hera Hades Poseidon and Zeus in that order. Hestia was the first LGBT character to appear though not the first to be identified as such.

The Romans adopted Hestia under the name Vesta. The cult of Vesta was associated with great power from the time of Romes first legendary king. The name was borne in Greek mythology by the goddess of the hearth.

The names Hestea Hesteah Hesti Hestiah Hestya and Hestyah are forms of Hestia. Vesta is the second name of Hestia and it is a reference to the sacred eternal fire and the Roman goddess of the hearth home and family. Although Apollo and Poseidon proposed marriage to Hestia she requested of Zeus to remain a maiden forever.

Domestic life was her dominion in spite of her desire to remain a virgin. From the beginning though the Roman goddess was a much more visible part of public life. Her father Cronus is a Titan and was the king of the Titans until the Titanomacy.

The Roman equivalent of Hestia was the goddess Vesta. The Romans worshipped the same goddess or rather the same ideas embodied in her under the name of Vesta which is in reality identical with Hestia. Hestia Roman Counterpart was Vesta When the Roman Empire conquered the Greeks in 146BC the Romans assimilated various elements from other cultures and civilisations including the gods and goddesses that were worshipped by the Ancient Greeks.