LOT 0954 Roman Hecate Standing Statuette
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2nd-3rd century AD. A bronze figure of the goddess Hecate, standing, wearing a cloak wrapped over a long tunic, right hand raised to hold a torch, a polos hat to the head. See The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA; and William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1914; and Rabinovich, Y., The Rotting Goddess, Autonomedia, 1998. 93 grams, 80mm (3"). From a private collection formed in the Netherlands; previously in a European collection formed prior to 1980. Hecate was a chthonic (underworld) goddess. As the holder of the keys that can unlock the gates between realms, she could unlock the gates of death, as described in a 3rd century BC poem by Theocritus. In the 1st century AD, Virgil described the entrance to hell as 'Hecate's Grove', though he says that Hecate is equally 'powerful in Heaven and Hell.' Hecate takes on the role of guardian not just of roads, but of all journeys, including the journey to the afterlife. In art and myth, she is shown, along with Hermes, guiding Persephone back from the underworld with her torches: 'Hecate, with a torch in her hands, met her, and spoke to her and told her news: Queenly Demeter, bringer of seasons and giver of good gifts...'
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