Hecate Definition

hekətē, hekit
noun
A goddess of the moon, earth, and underground realm of the dead, later regarded as the goddess of sorcery and witchcraft.
Webster's New World
pronoun

The powerful goddess, in Greek mythology, of crossroads, fire, light, the moon, and the underworld; equivalent to the Roman goddess Trivia.

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Origin of Hecate

  • Perhaps from Ancient Greek Ἑκατη (Hekatē), the feminine equivalent of Ἑκατός (Hekatos), an obscure epithet of Apollo, variously interpreted as "one who works/operates from afar", "one who drives off", "the far reaching one" or "the far-darter".

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  • Alternatively, some suggest that the name derives from the Ancient Greek word for "will".

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Hecate Sentence Examples

  • It is to be noted that Hecate plays little or no part in mythological legend.

  • In the case of Jason and the Argonauts, she plays the part of a kindly, good-natured fairy; Euripides, however, makes her a barbarous priestess of Hecate, while the Alexandrian writers depicted her in still darker colours.

  • As a memorial of the miraculous interference, the Byzantines erected an altar to Torch-bearing Hecate, and stamped a crescent on their coins, a device which is retained by the Turks to this day.

  • Garlic was placed by the ancient Greeks on the piles of stones at cross-roads, as a supper for Hecate (Theophrastus, Characters, AECUISacµovias); and according to Pliny garlic and onions were invocated as deities by the Egyptians at the taking of oaths.

  • A companion sanctuary of Hecate was constructed underground by Diocletian.

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