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Ἑκάτη

Ἑκάτη, Hecate, the far-darter

Ἑκάτη [ᾰ], ἡ, (ἕκᾰτος)
  • Hecate, lit. she who works her will, Hes. Th. 411, h.Cer. 25, 52, E. Fr. 955, etc.; Ἑ. φωσφόρος Ar. Fr. 594a, E. Fr. 968.
        • b v. ἕκατος.
    • II Ἑκάτης δεῖπνον Hecateʼs dinner, a meal set out by rich persons at the foot of her statue ἐν τριόδοις on the 30th day of each month, when it became a sort of dole for beggars and paupers, Ar. Pl. 594 et Sch. ad loc., cf. Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.280c, 290d, AB 247: hence, as it consisted of offal, Ἑκαταῖα κατεσθίειν, of a rapscallion, D. 54.39, cf. Luc. DMort. 1.1.

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