\b0 The first child born to \b \cf4 \ATXht10332 Cronus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht11800 Rhea\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 ,
she was swallowed and then vomited up by her father as were her brothers (\b \cf4 \ATXht1 Hades\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht5 Poseidon\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 ) and sisters (\b \cf4 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and \b \cf4 \ATXht11 Demeter\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 ) when they were liberated by \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . She was one of the great deities of Olympus, which she never left, unlike the other gods who used to come and go in the world. She rejected the love of \b \cf4 \ATXht9 Apollo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and Poseidon and was granted permission by Zeus to remain a virgin forever. She was the patron of the domestic hearth and her sacred fire burned in all temples. The Romans called her Vesta.
