hestia
Hestia is the virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, and the state. Hestia receives the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. Her official sanctuary in the public domain is the hearth of the prytaneum. She also sat on a plain wooden throne with a white woollen cushion. In some Greek lists of the Twelve Olympian gods, either Hestia or Dionysus is included as one of the Twelve Olympian gods.
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