Caption: "The goddess Hecate is depicted with a bow, pair of flaming torches, and a large dog. The figure is alternatively identified as Artemis." (Slightly edited.)
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Details:
- Ceramic: Attic black-figure pottery.
- Shape: Kylix: the most common kind of wine-drinking cup of Ancient Greece
- Painter: Attributed to Kleibolos Painter (fl. c. 500 BCE).
- Period: Archaic Greece (circa 8th century -- 480 BCE).
Hecate (a Titan) was one of the three ancient Greek Moon goddesses---the other two were the Olympian Artemis and the Titan Selene.
Hecate was also the goddess of witchcraft---so she had a bit of an evil reputation.
However, Hecate also had a good reputation---Hesiod (circa late 8th century BCE) praises her:
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Hecate whom
Zeus the son of
Cronos honoured above all.
He gave her splendid gifts, to have a share of the Earth
and the unfruitful sea.
She received honour also in starry heaven,
and is honoured exceedingly by the deathless gods.
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---Theogony:
translation:
The Theogony of Hesiod, lines 404--452,
by
Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1884--1924)).
Credit/Permission: Anonymous photographer,
circa 20th century
(uploaded to Wikimedia Commons
by User:Stevengravel,
2011) /
Public domain.
Image link: Wikimedia Commons:
File:T16.5Hekate.jpg.
Local file: local link: hecate.html.
File: Art_h file:
hecate.html.