| When one thinks to Greek Deities, Hestia, | | | | is told of how the Titans Chronos and Rhea |
| probably does not come to mind. Less dramatic | | | | had twelve children, destined to be the first |
| than others, she still played an important | | | | twelve gods of Mount Olympus. Chronos was |
| role in Greek culture.The Greek Deity Known | | | | upset by the birth of his offspring, so he |
| as HestiaIn ancient Greece, fourteen | | | | swallowed all of them except for the |
| Olympians made up the pantheon of gods that | | | | youngest, Zeus. Hestia was the first born of |
| were worshiped by the Greeks. While some of | | | | Chronos, therefore she was the first |
| these deities are extremely well-known today, | | | | swallowed. After Zeus led a war against the |
| such as Zeus, Aphrodite and Athena, others | | | | Titans and won, Chronos was forced to |
| are less familiar. These gods, while not in | | | | disgorge his offspring, and Hestia, being |
| the forefront of Greek mythology, still | | | | swallowed first, came out last. In this way, |
| played a major part in the lives of the | | | | she was both the first and last born daughter |
| ancient Greeks. One of these is Hestia, the | | | | of Chronos.Hestia is seen as the deity of the |
| first and last born daughter of the Titan | | | | hearth, and of order and family. |
| Chronos.In pre-Olympic mythology, the story | | | | |