entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_APOLLODORUS_LIBRARY,scholarly attestation,Library 1.1.5; firstborn of Kronos; yielded her seat on Olympus to Dionysus (later tradition)
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_HESIOD_THEOGONY,direct attestation,"Theogony 454: Hestia is the first-born daughter of Kronos and Rhea (first swallowed, last released); her role as goddess of the hearth and domestic order is foundational to Greek religion but largely taken for granted in later sources; Hesiod's genealogy is the primary ancient placement of Hestia within the Olympian family"
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_HOMERIC_HYMNS,direct attestation,HH 24 (To Hestia) and HH 29 (To Hestia and Hermes): Hestia receives her own dedicated hymns; HH 24 calls her guardian of the sacred precinct of far-shooting Apollo at Pytho; the hymns establish her role as the divine hearth
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_HOMER_ILIAD_ODYSSEY,direct attestation,"Hestia is mentioned in passing in the Odyssey (XIV.159: ""Hestia and the god of the hearth""); her minimal narrative role in Homer contrasts with her prominent Homeric Hymns; she is the goddess of the household hearth"
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_THEOI_GODS,index attestation,Literary attestation in classical/mythographic tradition; cult evidence varies by entity.
ENT_HESTIA,SRC_THEOI_HOME,index attestation,"Attested in Theoi Project index (Greek gods, spirits, heroes in classical literature)."