Archæologiæ Græcæ, or, The antiquities of Greece by John Potter ...

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To Iupiter, sirnam'd Hecalus, or Hecalesius, from Hecale, one of the Burrough-towns of the Leontian Tribe in Attica (c) 1.1; or from an old Woman call'd Hecale, by whom he had a Statue erected. This He∣cale, (as Plutarch (d) 1.2 reports), when Theseus was upon his Expeditio•• against the Marathonian Bull, entertain'd him with all possible ex∣pressions of Kindness, and Respect, making Prayers and Vows to the Gods for his safe Return. Theseus came off with Victory, and Hono••••▪ but at his Return, finding old Hecale dead, and being thereby preven•••••• from expressing his Thankfulness to her, he order'd that her Memo••y should be held Sacred, and honour'd at this Solemnity, in which she 〈◊〉〈◊〉 call'd, by a diminution of her Name, Hecalene; because she had a••∣costed Theseus after that manner, calling him 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, which is •• very usual Mode of Speech, when Aged Persons design to exp•••••••• their Love and Tenderness to the Younger sort: So Streps••ades in A••••∣stophanes (e) 1.3 calls his Son Phidippides, by the diminutive Name of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.

Notes

• (c) 1.1

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 Byzantinus.
• (d) 1.2

  Theseo.
• (e) 1.3

  Nubibus.