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Vesta (Roman deity)

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingVesta (Roman deity)
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Variant(s)Westa (Roman deity)
فستا (Roman deity)
Веста (Roman deity)
Βέστα (Roman deity)
וסטה (Roman deity)
ウェスタ (Roman deity)
維斯塔 (Roman deity)
See alsoHestia (Greek deity)
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Biography/History noteVesta is the roman goddess of the hearth and family, and is the goddess of the Vestal Virgins. The Greek goddess Hestia is the equivalent of the Roman Vesta.
Special noteNon-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inThe Homeric hymn to Aphrodite and related texts, 2012: table of contents (To Hestia)
Wikipedia, 12 May 2016 (Vesta; Roman virgin goddess of the hearth, home, family; Greek equivalent = Hestia; goddess of the Vestal Virgins; other forms: فستا; Βέστα; Веста; וסטה; ウェスタ; Westa; 維斯塔)
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