When she had carried him off, she besought Zeus to bestow on him immortality. […] When offended, they usually remitted their wrath if thus appeased352. […] When wooed by Poseidôn and Apollo, Hestia, placing her hand on the head of Zeus, vowed perpetual virginity. […] When mysteries and secret doctrines were introduced into Greece, these deities were united, or perhaps we might say re-united. […] When she drives to the house of Zeus, the gods come forth to meet her.