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Hestia

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Called Vesta by the Romans, the Greek goddess of the hearth, or rather the fire that burns in it, the guardian of domestic life, conceived of as a most sacred charge.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Hestia'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​h/hestia.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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