Hestia Hestia In Ancient Greek religion, Hestia (; , "hearth" or "fireside") is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. In Greek mythology, she is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea. Hestia received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. In the public domain, the hearth of the "prytaneum" functioned as her official sanctuary. With the establishment of a new colony, flame from Hestia's public hearth in the mother city would be carried to the new settlement. Her Roman equivalent is Vesta; Herodotus equates the Scythian
The Cricket on the Hearth and of Dickens himself." Vladimir Lenin left during a performance of the "Cricket" play in Russia, as he found it dull and the saccharine sentimentality got on his nerves. This incident might now be little remembered if George Orwell had not mentioned it in his essay on Dickens. Stage adaptations include the successful "The Cricket on the Hearth" by Albert Richard Smith produced at the Surrey Theatre in 1845, and Dion Boucicault's "Dot, A Drama in Three Acts" (or simply "Dot"), first performed at New York's Winter Garden in 1859. It was staged repeatedly in Britain and America for the