Hestia was born to Cronus and Rhea, the very first child swallowed by their father, and the last to be freed when
Zeus forced Cronus to disgorge his children, making her both the eldest and youngest of the Olympian siblings at once.
She became keeper of the sacred hearth fire at the heart of Olympus itself.
Hestia's first great triumph was quiet but lasting, when both Apollo and Poseidon sought her hand in marriage, she
instead swore an oath of eternal chastity to Zeus, dedicating herself entirely to tending the hearth of Olympus and keeping
peace among the often quarrelsome gods.
Hestia's most legendary act was one of quiet sacrifice rather than conquest, stepping aside from her seat among the
twelve Olympians to make room for Dionysus, preserving harmony on Olympus. Every hearth fire in every Greek home was seen
as an extension of her sacred flame, making her presence felt everywhere even in her absence from myth's action.