Prayer to Helios, Hekate
Helios · Hekate
Lord Helios, sacred fire, O' spear of Enodia, which She wields as She journeys to Olympos and while travelling amongst the sacred crossroads of the Earth. She who is crowned with oaken wreaths and coils of serpents, bless on this last day of the month the offerings which I am about to prepare for the venerable ancestors and keep all evil away from us.
Fons · Source
AuthorSophocles (adapted)
WorkRhizotome (lost) / Hellenic Polytheism: Household Worship
SectionTriakas Ceremony — Invocation of Helios and Hekate
Period5th c. BC (Sophocles) — adapted
OccasionTriakas — last day of lunar month / offerings to ancestors
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Culturegreek
Formritual
DeitiesHelios, Hekate
Functionsinvocation · petition · protection
Spherefamily