Hekate-Selene-Artemis and Related Deities in the Greek Magical Papyri and Curse Tablets

"the Defender" and "the Helper" original: ἀρηγός / arēgos (D 780, A 282) ⁷¹, and
"the Midwife" original: λοχιάς / lochias (A 285) ⁷². But of course
Selene was also called "Eileithyia" original: Εἰλείθυia; the goddess of childbirth ⁷³; indeed, even Hekate called herself in an
oracle ⁷⁴ "the mortal-shining Eileithyia" original: φασίμβροτος Εἰλείθυια / phasimbrotos Eileithyia, which is why she also appears as
"the nurturer of children" original: κουροτρόφος / kourotrophos ⁷⁵,
as Artemis usually does, and especially Demeter. As
a goddess of healing, Artemis possesses the epiklesis A ritual title used in prayer or invocation. "the healer" original: παιωνία / paiōnia (A 268), for she
is the twin sister of Apollo Paieon Apollo in his role as a physician, and as a gracious
helper she is "the one who listens" original: ἐπήκοος / epēkoos, she who answers prayers (A 270/71). Since she, as we
saw above, is also full of bold courage, text A 267 calls her "the manly-spirited" original: θυμάνδρεια / thymandreia
and text E 831 calls her "the one who bestows glory upon men" original: κυδιάνειρα / kydianeira. Thus, as a supporter of men in bold deeds, but
much more as a savior of women in the severe distress of childbirth,
she was also called "the Savior" original: σώτειρα / sōteira ⁷⁶; this epiklesis in A 279 should therefore
be assigned to Artemis, although the same epithet
was attributed to Hekate in Phrygia ⁷⁸, among other goddesses ⁷⁷.
Artemis was also a goddess of weddings and as such was called "Persuasion" original: Πειθώ / Peithō,
since she persuaded young maidens into marriage ⁷⁹; therefore, I would like to
assign the epiklesis "the Persuader" original: Πειθώ / Peithō in B 547 to Artemis ⁸⁰.
Finally, texts A 285 and B 614 offer the epithets "Minoan" original: Μινῴα / Minōia and
"the Minoan one" original: Μινωΐη / Minōiē, and these too refer to Artemis, since she was
highly revered in Crete, the realm of Minos ⁸¹.

The following epikleses are to be referred to Hekate: "Perseia" original: Περσεία, that is,
the daughter of Perses, in A 271, D 725, 782 ⁸², and "Dardania" original: Δαρδανία, the
Dardanian (B 612), since Hekate was particularly worshipped on Samothrace.

⁷¹ Orphic Hymn 36, 4: "helper in birth-pains" original: ὠδίνων ἐπαρωγός / ōdinōn eparōgos.
⁷² See Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum 3562, 7032, 1768; "the midwife" original: λοχιάς / lochias, "the one who saves from labor" original: σοωδίνα / soōdina (op. cit. 1595); "of childbirth" original: λοχείη / locheiē or
"swift in labor" original: ὠκυλόχεια / ōkylochia (Orphic Hymn 36, 3, 8).
⁷³ Nonnus, Dionysiaca 38, 150.
⁷⁴ Porphyry in Eusebius, Preparation for the Gospel 3, 23, 7.
⁷⁵ Hesiod, Theogony 452, 450; Orphic Hymn 1, 8; Hippolytus, op. cit.
⁷⁶ She was called this in Arcadia (Roscher, Lexicon I 575), and she is so named,
for example, in Orphic Hymn 36, 13 and in the Palatine Anthology 6, 267, 1.
⁷⁷ Rhea (Orphic Hymn 14, 12), Demeter (Aristophanes, Frogs 378), Themis
(Pindar, Olympian Ode 8, 28 [21]), Isis (Oracles 198, 7 Henders).
⁷⁸ Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Athenische Abteilung 10 (1885) 17.
⁷⁹ Roscher, Lexicon I 574.
⁸⁰ Naturally, this epiklesis in this meaning is best suited to
Aphrodite (Orphic Hymn 55, 9), who often appears directly accompanied by the personified
"Persuasion" original: Πειθώ / Peithō.
⁸¹ Gruppe (op. cit. I 121) would like to understand Hekate by "the Minoan one" original: Μινῴη / Minōiē,
specifically with regard to Scylla—who is close to Hekate in a certain sense—
and her love for Minos; in Apollonius Rhodius (4, 1691), however,
Athena is called "the Minoan one" original: Μινωΐς / Minōis.
⁸² See Homeric Hymn 5, 24: "daughter of Perses" original: Περσαίου θυγάτηρ / Persaiou thygatēr; Orphic Hymn 1, 4:
"Perseia" original: Περσεία; Lycophron 1175: "maiden of Perses" original: Περσέως παρθένος / Perseōs parthenos; Apollonius Rhodius 3, 467, 478,
1034; Ovid, Metamorphoses 7, 74; Seneca, Medea 820; Statius, Thebaid 4, 482: "Perseis" original: Περσηΐς.
"Perseia" original: Περσεία, meaning "the Persian" original: Περσική / Persikē, was also the name of Anaitis, who was identified with Artemis.