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Prayer to Hecate

Hecate
Nocturnal Hecate, who is called at the crossroads throughout the City, and Avenging Dirae, and Elissa's gods of the dying, hear our prayers, heed them, and direct your awful powers against those who deserve it.
Fons · Source
AuthorVirgil
WorkAeneid
Section4.609-612
PeriodAugustan
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formliterary
DeitiesHecate
Functionspetition · invocation
Spherepersonal