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The Twin-spot Fritillary (Brenthis hecate) is a species of brush-footed butterfly (Nymphalidae) found locally in southern and south-western Europe in forest steppes and grassy hillsides where the caterpillar's food plant - Dorycnium - occurs.
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In Greek mythology, Echo was a mountain nymph and a servant of Hecate. The daughter of Air and Earth. Because of her love of Narcissus, she pined away until nothing was left of her but her voice.
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Hecate was a Greek goddess of the moon and spirits. Dogs were sacred to her.
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Janus was a two faced Roman god of doorways, and of beginnings and ends. In the earliest days of the universe, Janus was created by Ouranos as a love-gift for Hecate. But Janus (as Hecate called him) was appalled by life in the Underworld and jumped into the river Styx and was carried to the Upper World. During the war between the gods and the Titans Janus gave shelter to his half-brother, Saturn, but was forced to hand him over to the gods, which he did in exchange for a promise of mercy. Afterwards, Jupiter made Janus a god, making him two-faced in punishment for his treachery and removing his power of motion, and
Janus forever stood as Heaven's doorkeeper. Another account says Jupiter punished Janus by putting him in charge of the moment when the old years ends and the new year starts, endlessly repeating, thereby giving Janus immortality without the freedom to enjoy it.
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Polites was a son of Priam and Hecate. He was killed before them by Neoptolemus.
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Hot cross buns are small, spiced, fruit cakes or buns decorated with a cross on top and traditionally served on Good Friday. The practice originated with the ancient Greeks who offered the cakes to Apollo, Diana, Hecate and the moon, the cross symbolising the four quarters of the moon.
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HMS Hecate is a British Hecla Class survey ship of 1915 tons displacement, which along with her sister ships HMS Hecla and HMS Hydra, was the first Royal Navy ship to be designed with a combined oceanographical and hydrographic role. HMS Hecate is powered by three Paxman Ventura 12-cylinder Vee turbocharged diesel engines providing a top speed of 14 knots and a range of 12000 miles at 11 knots. She carries a crew of 121 including 13 officers and six scientists and has provision for two Oerlikon 20 mm guns and a platform for a light helicopter.
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HMS Hecla is a British Hecla Class survey ship of 1915 tons displacement, which along with her sister ships HMS Hecate and HMS Hydra, was the first Royal Navy ship to be designed with a combined oceanographical and hydrographic role. HMS Hecla is powered by three Paxman Ventura 12-cylinder Vee turbocharged diesel engines providing a top speed of 14 knots and a range of 12000 miles at 11 knots. She carries a crew of 121 including 13 officers and six scientists and has provision for two Oerlikon 20 mm guns and a platform for a light helicopter.
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HMS Hydra was a British Hecla Class survey ship of 1915 tons displacement, which along with her sister ships HMS Hecla and HMS Hecate, was the first Royal Navy ship to be designed with a combined oceanographical and hydrographic role. HMS Hydra was powered by three Paxman Ventura 12-cylinder Vee turbocharged diesel engines providing a top speed of 14 knots and a range of 12000 miles at 11 knots. She carried a crew of 121 including 13 officers and six scientists and had provision for two Oerlikon 20 mm guns and a platform for a light helicopter. HMS Hydra was sold to the Indonesian navy in 1986 being renamed the Dewar Kembar.
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