Heroine of the like-named Attic deme on Pentelicon, who takes in Theseus, who has been surprised by a storm on his way to fight the Bull of Marathon, very hospitably despite her poverty. As he returns after his victory, he finds her dead and out of gratitude establishes a cult to her and Zeus Hekal(ei)os, at which the surrounding demes meet for an annual sacrifice. Callimachus (Hecale fr. 230-377) and Plut. T…
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Lohmann, Hans (Bochum),
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