Everything
Is changed by fire
Fire is changed by everything
Gold is changed by goods
Goods are changed by gold
As they are changed by gold (Heraclitus, 30).
“…the source of humankind’s first coming together, holding conscious meetings, and developing social relations is the discovery of fire…” (Vitruvius, 2.1.2).
“…He who builds the hearth settles in that place, and those who build fire altars truly settle in that land…” (Satapatha Brahmana, VII 1,1,1-4).
In Homeric hymns, the Hearth Goddess Hestia is addressed as follows:
To Hestia
O Hestia, in your highest abode, the highest position has fallen to you, for all, both the immortal gods and the men who roam the earth; beautiful is your share and your position; For cunning deaths are a feast without you, there, at the beginning and at the end, the honey-sweet wine cannot be tasted without beginning with Hestie; …
(Homeric Hymns, XXIX)
Everything
Is changed by fire
Fire is changed by everything
Gold is changed by goods
Goods are changed by gold
As they are changed by gold (Heraclitus, 30).
“…the source of humankind’s first coming together, holding conscious meetings, and developing social relations is the discovery of fire…” (Vitruvius, 2.1.2).
“…He who builds the hearth settles in that place, and those who build fire altars truly settle in that land…” (Satapatha Brahmana, VII 1,1,1-4).
In Homeric hymns, the Hearth Goddess Hestia is addressed as follows:
To Hestia
O Hestia, in your highest abode, the highest position has fallen to you, for all, both the immortal gods and the men who roam the earth; beautiful is your share and your position; For cunning deaths are a feast without you, there, at the beginning and at the end, the honey-sweet wine cannot be tasted without beginning with Hestie; …
(Homeric Hymns, XXIX)