Tag Archives: hestia

Another Virgin Mother

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Nathan

Rick Riordan’s Greek mythology series have touched several times on the fact that some of its characters, most notably Percy Jackson’s girlfriend Annabeth Chase, are children of Athena. If you’ve studied mythology, you’d know that Athena is a perpetual virgin, … Continue reading →

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Don’t Go Breakin’ My Hearth

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Nathan

As goddess of the hearth, Hestia was a quite important deity in ancient Greek and Roman society, but there is very little mythology pertaining to her. It’s strange how the phrase “hearth and home” is still pretty commonly used, even … Continue reading →

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