When she grew older, she stole her mother’s box of blush and perfumes. Those who say that she was the daughter of Zeus and Hera, give her the name aggelo and was given to the Nymphs to be nurtured. Others say she was from Perses and a local woman or Nymph. To others, from Aristaios or Tartaros or from Nyx. Some say from Zeus and Demeter, or from Hera, or the daughter of the Aeolus. Of some of these they say Hekate was the daughter of Perses and Asterias. Asterias was impregnated by Zeus when she married Perses and gave birth to Hekate though Perses was her husband. Hekate, according to many writers, was the daughter of Zeus and Asterias. Please excuse any awkwardness in the translation I aimed to translate the Greek word for word with minimal changes to the Greek text. Stagiritis gives a concise summary of the goddess her genealogies, symbols, qualities, etc. The text that follows is my translation of Hekate’s entry from the second volume of Ogygia or Archeology.
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