HEC′ATE. There were two goddesses known by this name, but the one
generally referred to in modern literature is Hecate, or Prosperine,
the name by which Diana was known in the infernal regions. In heaven
her name was Luna, and her terrestrial name was Diana.
HEC′UBA. The mother of Paris, was allotted to Ulysses after the
destruction of Troy, and was afterwards changed into a hound.
“What’s Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba?”