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
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)
A goddess, probably Hecate (possibly Artemis), is depicted with a bow, dog and twin torches.
Asteria
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In Greek mythology, Asteria or Asterie is a daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus and the sister of Leto. According to Hesiod, by the Titan Perses she had a single child, a daughter named Hecate, th
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…Gnostic text Pistis Sophia. In the earliest written source mentioning Hecate, Hesiod emphasized that she was an only child, the daughter of Perses and Asteria, the sister of Leto (the mother of Artemis and Apollo). Grandmother of the three cousins was Phoebe the ancient Titan goddess whose name was often used…
Personification of Delos (right) with Artemis and Apollo, 450s BC Attic red-figure column krater in the National Museum of Archaeology
Asteria pursued by Zeus in the form of an eagle by Marco Liberi
Asteria and Phoebe on the Pergamon Altar, Berlin.
Zeus and Asteria in an 1707 engraving by Bernard Picart, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.