ἑστία

ἑστία, ἡ, Ion. ἱστίη (as always in Hom. (exc. in ἀνέστιος, ἐφέστιος) and Hdt., cf. Schwyzer 687.1 (Chios, vii/vi B. C.), IG 12(5).554 (Ceos), and A. v. ἐφέστιος; ἑστίῃ is f.l.in Hes. Op. 734) ; Boeot.ἱστία (Ἱ.) IG 7.556 (Tanagra) ; also Coan, SIG 1025.29, and Arc., ib.559.55 ; Locr. ἰστία IG 9(1).334.7 ; both forms in Cretan, Ἑστία SIG 527.15 (iii B. C.), Ἱστία GDI 5079.7, al.:—hearth of a house, in Hom. only in solemn appeals, ἴστω νῦν Ζεὺς πρῶτα θεῶν..ἱστίη τʼ Ὀδυσῆος Od. 14.159, al., cf. Hdt. 4.68, S. El. 881 ; καθῆσθαι παρʼ ἑστίᾳ, of suppliants, Pi. Fr. 81 ; ἐπὶ τὴν ἑστίαν καθίζεσθαι Th. 1.136 ; ἡ δορύξενος ἑ. S. OC 633 ; ἑ. μεσόμφαλος A. Ag. 1056 ; ἐν στέγῃ τις ἥμενος παρʼ ἑστίᾳ Id. Fr. 362.3. 2. the house itself, home, Pi. O. 1.11,P. 11.13 : freq. in Trag., as A. Ch. 264, etc.; διξὰς ἱστίας οἴκεε Hdt. 5.40 ; καταλείποντα ἐν τᾷ ἰστίᾳ παῖδα ἡβάταν, of a colonist, IG 9(1).334 (Locr., v B. C.) : metaph., of the last home, the grave, τὰν χθόνιον ἑ. ἰδεῖν S. OC 1726 (lyr.). 3. household, family, οἱ πολλοί, πλὴν ὀγδώκοντα ἱστιέων κτλ., Hdt. 1.176 ; ἱστίη οὐδεμία νομιζομένη εἶναι Γλαύκου Id. 6.86.δʹ. 4. altar, like ἐσχάρα, A. Th. 275, Eu. 282 ; βούθυτος ἑ. S. OC 1495 (lyr.); γᾶς μεσσόμφαλος ἑ., of the Delphic shrine, E. Ion 462 (lyr.); Πυθόμαντις ἑ. S. OT 965 ; βωμός, ἑ. χθονός (as a sanctuary) A. Supp. 372 (lyr.); ἡ κοινὴ ἑ. the public altar, serving as. a sanctuary to refugees, IG 22.1029, Arist. Pol. 1322b28 ; πολιτικὴ ἑ. App. Pun. 84:—ἡ κοινὴ ἑ. also of the public table, ἐδέξαντο τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς ἐπὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἑ. Plb. 29.5.6, cf. IG 5(1).961 (Cotyrta), 7.21 (Orchomenus in Boeotia), Poll. 9.40 ; μυηθεὶς ἀφʼ ἑστίας, of a class of public initiates at Eleusis, Is. Fr. 84, cf.IG 2.1355, al. ; so ὁ ἀφʼ ἑ. παῖς Porph. Abst. 4.5 ; simply ὁ ἀφʼ ἑ., ἡ ἀφʼ ἑ., Ἐφ. Ἀρχ. 1894.176,1885.146. 5. metaph., of places which are to a country as the hearth to a house, as a metropolis, Plb. 5.58.4 ; ἑ. καὶ μητρόπολις D.S. 4.19 ; of Delos, ἱστίη ὦ νήσων Call. Del. 325:—Pythag., of the central fire of the universe, Philol. 7, etc., cf. Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 38.23 ; of the earth, E. Fr. 944 ; of the heart in the body, Arist. PA 70a25 ; μίαν, ἰδίαν ἑ. ἤθους οὐκ ἔχειν, Plu. 2.52a,97a ; of the liver as focus of a fever, Gal. 15.742. II. as pr. n. Ἑστία, Ion. Ἱστίη, Ἑστίη, h.Hom. 24.1, v.l. in Hes. Th. 454:—the hearthgoddess, h.Ven. 22, Hes. Th.l.c., Pi. N. 11.1, etc., cf. h.Hom. 24,29, Orph. H. 84, D.S. 5.68 ; Ἑ. βουλαία IG 12(5).732 (Andros), Aeschin. 2.45, App. Mith. 23 ; Ἑ. πρυτανεία IG 12(5).659 (Syros); worshipped as ἡ κοινὴ Ἑ. by the Getae, D.S. 1.94, cf. Hdt. 4.127 : prov., ἀφʼ Ἑστίας ἄρχεσθαι to begin from the beginning, Ar. V. 846, Pl. Euthphr. 3a ; ἀπʼ ἄλλης Ἑ. καὶ ἀρχῆς τὰς πράξεις προχειρίζεσθαι Str. 1.1.16 (also ἐξ ἑ. ἄρχεσθαι Hsch.) ; ἡ Ἑ. γελᾷ, of the fire crackling, Arist. Mete. 369a32. 2. = Lat. Vesta, Str. 5.2.3, Plu. Rom. 2, etc. 3. title of a priestess, IG 9(1).486 (Acarnania); ἑ. πόλεως, as an honorary title, ib.5(1).583 (Sparta). [ῑ in Od. in the appellat. 14.159, ῐ in h.Hom. in pr.n. ; in Hes. the reverse : ῐ always in Com.and Trag.] (Etymological connexion with Vesta is doubtful ; the dialects never have ϝ-, exc. in the pr. n. ϝιστίαυ (gen.sg.masc.)IG 5(2).271.18 (Mantinea); cf. γιστία.)