Historical blog

Notes from the primary sources

Translated texts, papyri, and the long evolution of Hekate — written for readers who want the sources, not the summary.

The PGM

Reading the Greek Magical Papyri without the modern gloss

What the PGM actually says about Hekate, and where later tradition quietly added things the original scribes never wrote.

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Eleusis

Hekate's place at the Eleusinian Mysteries

Tracing her role as guide and threshold-keeper through the fragments that survive from the Mysteries.

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Archaeology

What excavated ritual tools tell us that texts don't

A look at the physical objects behind the practices described in the book — and what they change about how we read the texts.

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Reception history

From crossroads goddess to modern archetype

How Hekate's image shifted across two thousand years, and which of those shifts this book pushes back against.

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