CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Univers, Apala, Anarchism In The United States
18 May 2016
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The olympians offspring of rhea and cronus. Hestia (vesta) goddess of the hearth and its fire. The oldest of the offspring of rhea and cronus, hestia is the embodiment of the hearth in a household (the family fire, where religious ceremonies to the family were held) Hestia was not very important in mythology, but played a large role in religion and is usually the first to be called upon in public prayers. Very well-known in mythological writing for her virginity: in homeric hymn to aphrodite, it mentions there are three goddesses not under the influence of. Aphrodite (hestia, athena, and artemis), but only hestia dedicated herself to virginity while the other two were just too busy (athena with war and artemis with hunting) Hades was a very highly respected and important god, who was feared but not evil. Hades is mentioned in many heroic stories when heroes go down to the underworld and must confront or stand before hades.
