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Vesta (Vesta)

Vesta, called Hestia in Greek, is the goddess of the hearth and the home fire. Her public flame was kept in Rome.

Grades 3–8. Myth.

How it connects

A Roman house and a Roman city both began with a fire that was not allowed to go out.

Latin words that go with this card: domus, ignis.

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