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Marble Statuette of Triple-Form Hekate and the Three Graces in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2007

Marble Statuette of Triple-Form Hekate and the Three Graces in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2007
Marble statuette of triple-bodied Hekate and the three Graces
Roman, 1st-2nd century AD

Accession # 1987.11.12

Hekate presided over pathways and crossroads, especially at night. She was the goddess of the moon and nocturnal sorcery. Like Hermes, she could travel to and from the underworld and the earth.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

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