HESTIA Also known as Vesta, she was a daughter of Kronos and Rhea, and sister to Demeter. She was worshipped as the goddess of the hearth, the guardian of family life. Hestia detested love, and obtained from Zeus the permission to remain in a single state, a figure of virtue and chastity. She it was whose priestesses were the famous Vestal virgins, innocence and virginity being her province.