The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 180
of their swiftness. 19. Hecate.—Among the mystic deities of the lowerworld we must not omit to mention Hecate. By the Ro- THK OODS OF TIIK EARTH AND LOWER WORLD. 177 mans, indeed, she was never piiMicly venerated, tliout^h shewas not exaitly unknown to tliein. Common traditionmade her a dauixliter… … Pig. 47.—Three-formed Ilecate. Capitoline Maseam. ffide over all nocturnal horrors, and not only to haunt thotombs and cross-roads herself in company with the spiritsof the dead, but also to send nightly phantoms from thelower world, such as the man-eating spectre Empusa, andother fabulous goblins.…
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