god
Hecate
Triple-faced goddess of the crossroads, night, and witchcraft, patroness of Medea's magic; identified with Diana in her dark aspect.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §12 the three faces
The triple-faced Hecate (here merged with Diana), goddess of the witchcraft Medea practices.
- The Heroides §12 Hecate
The goddess of witchcraft whose rites now fail Medea against her own passion.
- The Festivals §1 Hecate
Triple goddess of the crossroads; her three faces are likened to Janus's two.
- The Festivals §9 Trivia
Trivia ('of the three ways'), Hecate, to whom the Thracian Sapaeans sacrifice dogs.
- Metamorphoses §6.130 Hecate's herb
The goddess of witchcraft and the underworld crossroads; the juice of 'Hecate's herb' is the drug with which Minerva transforms Arachne.