Hecăte

, a daughter of Perses and Asteria, the same as Proser pine or Diana. She was called Luna in heaven, Diana on earth, and Hecate or Proser pine in hell, whence her name of Diva triform is, tergemina, triceps . She was supposed to preside over magic and enchantments, and was generally represented like a woman with three heads, that of a horse, a dog, or a boar; and sometimes she appeared with three different bodies, and three different faces only with one neck. Dogs, lambs, and honey were generally offered to her, especially in highways and cro -roads, whence she obtained the name of Trivia . Her power was extended over heaven, the earth, sea, and hell; and to her kings and nations supposed themselves indebted for their prosperity. Ovid , bk. 7 , Metamorphoses , li. 94 .— Hesiod , Theogony .— Horace , bk. 3 , ode 22.— Pausanias , bk. 2 , ch. 22 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 4 , li. 511 .