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That makes sense from the Greek Philosophical perspective. I wonder what the Jewish tradition actually says about worshipping the Messiah - their god is a jealous god, and half of the bible involves him trashing other gods till he's the only one left. He might not approve of people worshipping the ...

Just been re-reading an article by Ellen Reeder on the statues,terracota art and bronze matrix in the late Hellenistic period during which a synthesis of Mother images with those of Artemis,Demeter and Hekate began to emerge.Not entirely sure if these conflations impacted on later depictions of Hek...

Wonder if this part of the discussion wouldn't be a good subject for the PGM part of the forum. Anyway, not debating that the subject of love spells is a part of the PGM or is coercion in practice only that the use of Hekate is relatively small in usage in them. Not my site but an excellent site of...

Another insight into Invocations involving Hekate is that despite what we would expect,love charms in ancient Greece and Rome seldom employed supplications to Venus or Aphrodite,but rather the petitions were directed at Selena and Hekate. I think it is important to mention here that a lot of love s...

Another insight into Invocations involving Hekate is that despite what we would expect,love charms in ancient Greece and Rome seldom employed supplications to Venus or Aphrodite,but rather the petitions were directed at Selena and Hekate. Long,Eleanor. “Aphrodisiacs,Charms and Philtres” Western Fol...

Another insight into Invocations involving Hekate is that despite what we would expect,love charms in ancient Greece and Rome seldom employed supplications to Venus or Aphrodite,but rather the petitions were directed at Selena and Hekate. Long,Eleanor. “Aphrodisiacs,Charms and Philtres” Western Folk...

Sticking with the Anatolian origin argued by Enchantress earlier,Hekate's Temple at Lagina has some interesting archaeological finds including the presence of large amounts of oak pollen.As one archaeologist pondered : "Requiring more of an explanation is the large percentages of oak pollen we ...

I just read a paper that argues against Hekate's Carian origin with the strongest camp against Anatolia coming from Berg's assertion that the majority of archaeological evidence places her origin on the Greek mainland. its interesting to see how her(and Medea's) image was changed both through Ovid,S...

I think I see where the issue arises. F535 (Scholium on Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 3.1214): Hecate is crowned with an oak branch and snakes. In the Root-cutters Sophocles has the chorus say: Lord sun and holy fire, sword of Hecate of the roads, which she carries over Olympus as she attends and ...

The Chorus was taken from Ogden as cited above.Then there is: (fragment from the play the Rhizotomoi) (Text: A. Nauck, Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta 2 vols. [Leipzig 1889]. Fr 492; cf. T. Kraus Hekate Heidelberg 1960, p. 87.) O MASTER HELIOS and Sacred Fire O spear of Hekate of the Crossroads Which...