Hecale

Hĕcălē, ēs, f., = Ἑκάλη,

• a poor old woman who kindly received Theseus, celebrated by Callimachus, Plin. 22, 22, 44, § 88; Ap. Met. 1, 23, 17; Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 50 (50); Ov. R. Am. 747; cf. Petr. 135, 8, 16.

Hecalē, ēs, f. (Ἑκάλη), ein armes, altes Weib, bei dem Theseus, als er gegen den marathonischen Stier auszog, gastliche Aufnahme fand, Ov. rem. 747. Plin. 12, 88. Apul. met. 1, 23. – Da sie für des Helden glückliche Rückkehr dem Jupiter ein Opfer gelobt hatte, vor der Rückkehr aber starb, so stiftete Theseus selbst dem Jupiter ein jährl. Opfer (Ἑκαλήσιον ἱερόν; u. Jupiter selbst Ἑκαλήσιος); dah. digna sacris Hecales, Petron. poët. 135. § 8. v. 16.

Hĕcălē, (15) ēs, f. (Ἑκάλη), vieille femme pauvre qui donna lʼhospitalité à Thésée : Plin. 22, 88.

He'cale

(Ἑκάλη), a poor old woman, who hospitably received into her house Theseus, when he had gone out for the purpose of killing the Marathonian bull. As she had vowed to offer up to Zeus a sacrifice for the safe return of the hero, and died before his return, Theseus himself ordained that the inhabitants of the Attic tetrapolis should offer a sacrifice to her and Zeus Hecalus, or Hecaleius. (Plut. Thes. 14; Callim. Fraym. 40, Bentley; Ov. Remed. Am. 747.) [L.S]

HECALE

HECALE [ATTICA 330b.]

Hecălé

(Ἑκάλη). A poor old woman who hospitably received Theseus when he had gone out to hunt the Marathonian bull, and offered to Zeus a sacrifice for the safe return of the hero. As she died before his return, Theseus decreed that the people of the Attic tetrapolis should offer a sacrifice to her and to Zeus Hecalesius. See Theseus.