ἑστία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Ion. ἱστίη (as always in Hom. (exc. in <b class="b3">ἀνέστιος, ἐφέστιος</b>) and Hdt., cf. <span class="title">Schwyzer</span>687.1 (Chios, vii/vi B. C.), <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).554 (Ceos), and <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> v. [[ἐφέστιος]]; <b class="b3">ἑστίῃ</b> is f.l.in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>734</span>) ; Boeot.ἱστία (Ἱ.) <span class="title">IG</span>7.556 (Tanagra) ; also Coan, <span class="title">SIG</span>1025.29, and Arc., ib.<span class="bibl">559.55</span> ; Locr. ἰστία <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).334.7 ; both forms in Cretan, Ἑστία <span class="title">SIG</span>527.15 (iii B. C.), Ἱστία <span class="title">GDI</span>5079.7, al.:—<b class="b2">hearth of a house</b>, in Hom. only in solemn appeals, ἴστω νῦν Ζεὺς πρῶτα θεῶν..ἱστίη τ' Ὀδυσῆος <span class="bibl">Od.14.159</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.68</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>881</span> ; <b class="b3">καθῆσθαι παρ' ἑστίᾳ</b>, of suppliants, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>81</span> ; ἐπὶ τὴν ἑστίαν καθίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.1.136</span> ; ἡ δορύξενος ἑ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span> 633</span> ; ἑ. μεσόμφαλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1056</span> ; ἐν στέγῃ τις ἥμενος παρ' ἑστίᾳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 362.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">the house itself, home</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>1.11</span>,<span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>11.13</span> : freq. in Trag., as <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>264</span>, etc.; διξὰς ἱστίας οἴκεε <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.40</span> ; <b class="b3">καταλείποντα ἐν τᾷ ἰστίᾳ παῖδα ἡβάταν</b>, of a colonist, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).334 (Locr., v B. C.) : metaph., of <b class="b2">the last home, the grave</b>, τὰν χθόνιον ἑ. ἰδεῖν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1726</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">household, family</b>, <b class="b3">οἱ πολλοί, πλὴν ὀγδώκοντα ἱστιέων κτλ</b>., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.176</span> ; ἱστίη οὐδεμία νομιζομένη εἶναι Γλαύκου <span class="bibl">Id.6.86</span>.<b class="b3">δ'</b>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">altar</b>, like [[ἐσχάρα]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>275</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>282</span> ; βούθυτος ἑ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1495</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">γᾶς μεσσόμφαλος ἑ</b>., of the Delphic shrine, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>462</span> (lyr.); Πυθόμαντις ἑ. <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>965</span> ; <b class="b3">βωμός, ἑ. χθονός</b> (as a sanctuary) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>372</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἡ κοινὴ ἑ</b>. the public <b class="b2">altar</b>, serving as. a sanctuary to refugees, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1029, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1322b28</span> ; πολιτικὴ ἑ. <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Pun.</span>84</span>:—<b class="b3">ἡ κοινὴ ἑ</b>. also of <b class="b2">the public table</b>, ἐδέξαντο τοὺς πρεσβευτὰς ἐπὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἑ. <span class="bibl">Plb.29.5.6</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).961 (Cotyrta), 7.21 (Orchomenus in Boeotia), <span class="bibl">Poll.9.40</span> ; <b class="b3">μυηθεὶς ἀφ' ἑστίας</b>, of a class of public initiates at Eleusis, <span class="bibl">Is.<span class="title">Fr.</span>84</span>, cf.<span class="title">IG</span> 2.1355, al. ; so ὁ ἀφ' ἑ. παῖς <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>4.5</span> ; simply ὁ ἀφ' ἑ., ἡ ἀφ' ἑ., Ἐφ. Ἀρχ. <span class="bibl">1894.176</span>,<span class="bibl">1885.146</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> metaph., of places which are to a country as the hearth to a house, as a metropolis, <span class="bibl">Plb.5.58.4</span> ; ἑ. καὶ μητρόπολις <span class="bibl">D.S.4.19</span> ; of Delos, ἱστίη ὦ νήσων <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>325</span>:—Pythag., of the <b class="b2">central fire</b> of the universe, <span class="bibl">Philol.7</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr. <span class="title">in Metaph.</span>38.23</span> ; of the earth, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>944</span> ; of the heart in the body, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>70a25</span> ; <b class="b3">μίαν, ἰδίαν ἑ. ἤθους οὐκ ἔχειν</b>, Plu.2.52a,97a ; of the liver as <b class="b2">focus</b> of a fever, Gal.15.742. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n. Ἑστία, Ion. Ἱστίη, Ἑστίη, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>24.1</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>454</span>:—<b class="b2">the hearthgoddess</b>, h.Ven.22, Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>l.c., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>11.1</span>, etc., cf. <span class="title">h.Hom.</span>24,29, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">H.</span>84</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.68</span> ; Ἑ. βουλαία <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).732 (Andros), <span class="bibl">Aeschin. 2.45</span>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">Mith.</span>23</span> ; Ἑ. πρυτανεία <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).659 (Syros); worshipped as <b class="b3">ἡ κοινὴ Ἑ</b>. by the Getae, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.94</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.127</span> : prov., <b class="b3">ἀφ' Ἑστίας ἄρχεσθαι</b> to begin from <b class="b2">the beginning</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>846</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>3a</span> ; ἀπ' ἄλλης Ἑ. καὶ ἀρχῆς τὰς πράξεις προχειρίζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Str.1.1.16</span> (also ἐξ ἑ. ἄρχεσθαι Hsch.) ; <b class="b3">ἡ Ἑ. γελᾷ</b>, of the <b class="b2">fire</b> crackling, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>369a32</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = Lat. <b class="b2">Vesta</b>, <span class="bibl">Str.5.2.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Rom.</span>2</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> title of a priestess, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).486 (Acarnania); <b class="b3">ἑ. πόλεως</b>, as an honorary title, ib.5(1).583 (Sparta). [ῑ in Od. in the appellat. <span class="bibl">14.159</span>, ῐ in <span class="title">h.Hom.</span> in pr.n. ; in Hes. the reverse : ῐ always in Com.and Trag.] (Etymological connexion with Vesta is doubtful ; the dialects never have <b class="b3">ϝ-</b>, exc. in the pr. n. ϝιστίαυ (gen.sg.masc.)<span class="title">IG</span>5(2).271.18 (Mantinea); cf. [[γιστία]].) </span>