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In Greek mythology, Hecaterus or Hekateros (Ancient Greek: Ἑκάτερος) was a minor god and the father of five daughters (the Hecaterides) by the daughter of Phoroneus, and through them grandfather of the Oreads, Satyrs, and Curetes.
Queen of the gods, and goddess of women, marriage, childbirth, heirs, kings, and empires. She is the goddess of the sky, the wife and sister of Zeus , and the daughter of Cronus and Rhea . She was usually depicted as a regal woman in the prime of her life, wearing a diadem and veil and holding a lotus-tipped staff.
Hecate, Greek goddess of the crossroads; drawing by Stéphane Mallarmé in Les Dieux Antiques, nouvelle mythologie illustrée in Paris, 1880. Hecate has been characterized as a pre-Olympian chthonic goddess. The first literature mentioning Hecate is the Theogony (c. 700 BCE) by Hesiod:
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
In Greek mythology, Phoroneus (/ f ə ˈ r ɒ n. j uː s /; Ancient Greek: Φορωνεύς means 'bringer of a price' [1]) was a culture-hero of the Argolid, fire-bringer, [2] law giver, [3] and primordial king of Argos.
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
Anicetus (Ancient Greek: Ἀνίκητος, romanized: Aníkētos, meaning "Unconquerable") and Alexiares (Ancient Greek: Ἀλεξιάρης, romanized: Alexiárēs, meaning "Warding-Off-War") are minor deities in Greek mythology. They are the immortal sons of Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, and Hebe, the goddess of youth. [1]
This is to some extent confirmed by the fact that, according to Hesychius, [2] Angelos was a surname of Artemis in Syracuse, being that Artemis as goddess of the moon was identified with Hecate. [3] Angelos could be an early version of Hecate, the one that pertained both to the upper world and the underworld, similar to the position of Persephone .