Q 01/05

Which animal's cry woke Hestia's sleeping Roman counterpart before a lustful god could reach her?

A) A rooster

B) A goose

C) A donkey

D) A dog

Answer · why

C) A donkey

A donkey brayed just in time, and the other gods drove the intruder off. Romans later crowned donkeys with garlands of flowers and bits of bread at th...

Q 02/05

Hestia was her father's first-born child, yet a Homeric hymn also calls her what?

A) The youngest

B) The favourite

C) The only daughter

D) The heir

Answer · why

A) The youngest

The youngest fits because the swallowed children came back out in reverse order, with Hestia last. A Homeric hymn calls her first-born and last-born a...

Q 03/05

Which Roman goddess, whose temple fire was guarded by six priestesses, was Hestia's counterpart?

A) Juno

B) Vesta

C) Ceres

D) Minerva

Answer · why

B) Vesta

Vesta kept the sacred fire of Rome, and her priestesses were whipped if it ever went out. She was rarely shown in human form: the fire in her temple s...

Q 04/05

Which god takes Hestia's place among the twelve gods on the Parthenon frieze?

A) Hades

B) Heracles

C) Asclepius

D) Dionysus

Answer · why

D) Dionysus

Dionysus sits with the twelve on the Parthenon's east frieze, where Hestia is missing. Other ancient lists kept her and left him out, so the twelve we...

Q 05/05

A fire on Hestia's altar burned throughout which ancient Greek festival?

A) The Olympic Games

B) The Pythian Games

C) The Panathenaea

D) The Nemean Games

Answer · why

A) The Olympic Games

The Olympic Games kept a fire alight on Hestia's altar for as long as the festival lasted. The modern version of that flame first appeared at Amsterda...