User:Sizzle Flambé/Hecat

Old Hecate lede:

Hecate, Hekate, or Hecat (, ; ancient Greek Ἑκάτη, "far-shooting" ) was a popular chthonian goddess attested as early as Hesiod's Theogony, possibly originating among the Carians of Anatolia, the region where most theophoric names invoking Hecate, such as Hecataeus or Hecatomnus, the father of Mausolus, are attested, and where Hecate remained a Great Goddess into historical times, at her unrivalled cult site in Lagina. While many researchers favor the idea that she has Anatolian origins, it has been argued that "Hecate must have been a Greek goddess." The monuments to Hecate in Phrygia and Caria are numerous but of late date. The earliest inscription is found in late archaic Miletus, close to Caria, where Hecate is a protector of entrances.

See also "(hek′ə tē, hek′it)" - "Hecate" in Webster's New World College Dictionary (Wiley, 2005).

And Merriam-Webster recordings with and without sounding the final E.