Hestia was the eldest daughter and the first child of Saturn and Rhea, so she became the head of all the great Deities. Her brothers were: goddess Demeter, goddess Hera, god Hades, god Poseidon, and god Zeus. She was a sworn virgin.

She was protector of family happiness, and the center of every house was her sanctuary. Moreover, at every festive ceremony of humans, the first and the last sacrifice was offered to her.

She had not been involved in any war due to her calm and peaceful personality, and she was the only goddess who did well with all the other gods, even with god Ares (who was detested by the others for his character). All the gods respected her, and it is said that she was the connecting link that brought them all together. A typical example is when she willingly handed over her throne to Mount Olympus, and put Dionysus in her place, in order to avoid any quarrels between the gods. After that she took care of the Sacred Flame in Mount Olympus.

Hestia’s main symbols were the fireplace and the veil.

The statue of goddess Hestia that you hold in your hands is made in Greece by alabaster, a kind of semi-transparent precious marble. Our colored statues are hand-painted, while all our products are distinguished for their incomparable quality and attention to detail.

Sacred Flame

In ancient Greece, in the center of each house, there was a fireplace in a circular shape. The fire that was continually burn there, was considered as sacred.

Ancient Greeks used to believe that the Delphi fireplace was the common fireplace of Greece and the whole world, and it was also called as the Navel of the Earth. If the Sacred Flame ever went out, it was considered as a very bad omen and it had to be kindled again directly from the sun, so as to be taintless.

Nowadays, we see the importance of the Sacred Flame in the institution of the Olympic Games. Every four years, before the Beginning, becomes the ignition of the Olympic Flame in a modest ceremony in Ancient Olympia.

The Olympic Flame appeared and was first used at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928, while the touch ceremony and torch relay were introduced at the Summer Olympics in Berlin in 1936.

The Olympic Flame is the connecting link between the modern and the ancient Olympic Games, referring to the sacred flame of the goddess Hestia, which burned in the Reverend of Olympia, on the common altar of all Greeks.