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Hecate
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Hecate is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Variously associated with crossroads, night, light, magic, witchcraft, and the Moon, she is most often shown holding a pair of torches, a k
Marble relief of Hecate
Marble relief of Hecate
Hekataion with the Charites, Attic, 3rd century BCE (Glyptothek, Munich)
Hekataion with the Charites, Attic, 3rd century BCE (Glyptothek, Munich)
The Hecate Chiaramonti, a Roman sculpture of triple-bodied Hecate, after a Hellenistic original (Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican Museums)
The Hecate Chiaramonti, a Roman sculpture of triple-bodied Hecate, after a Hellenistic original (Museo Chiaramonti, Vatican Museums)
A goddess, probably Hecate (possibly Artemis), is depicted with a bow, dog and twin torches.
A goddess, probably Hecate (possibly Artemis), is depicted with a bow, dog and twin torches.
Diana (mythology)
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Diana is a goddess in Roman religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside and nature, hunters, wildlife, childbirth, crossroads, the night, and the Moon. She is equated with the Greek
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…polymorphous, she straddles conventional boundaries and eludes definition." The Romans often knew her by the epithet of Trivia, an epithet she shares with Diana, each in their roles as protectress of travel and of the crossroads (trivia, "three ways"). Hecate was closely identified with Diana and Artemis in the…
Statue of Diana-Artemis, fresco from Pompeii, 50–1 BCE
Statue of Diana-Artemis, fresco from Pompeii, 50–1 BCE
Diana as Personification of the Night. Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1765.
Diana as Personification of the Night. Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1765.
Mosaic depicting Diana and her nymph surprised by Actaeon. Ruins of Volubilis, 2nd century CE.
Mosaic depicting Diana and her nymph surprised by Actaeon. Ruins of Volubilis, 2nd century CE.
An ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting depicting a scene of sacrifice in honor of the goddess Diana; she is seen here accompanied by a d
An ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting depicting a scene of sacrifice in honor of the goddess Diana; she is seen here accompanied by a deer. The fresco was discovered in the triclinium of House of the Vettii in Pompeii, Italy.