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title: Hecate Fighting the Giant, Pergamon Altar
author: Mina Bulic
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3618/hecate-fighting-the-giant-pergamon-altar/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Hecate Fighting the Giant, Pergamon Altar

_Authored by [Mina Bulic](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/mali.smor/)_

## Image File

[![Hecate Fighting the Giant, Pergamon Altar](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3618.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3618.jpg)

## Image Caption

On the left side the goddess [Hecate](https://www.worldhistory.org/Hecate/) is depicted while fighting the [giant](https://www.worldhistory.org/Giants/) Clytius (she fights in three incarnations with a torch, a sword, and a lance); Detail from the [Pergamon](https://www.worldhistory.org/pergamon/) Altar's frieze (The frieze depicts Gigantomachy); built in 2nd century BCE; Today in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

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## About the Author

Mina is a pan-European lover of photography and art history: She has lived in Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary, Spain, and Germany.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Bulic, M. (2015, February 04). Hecate Fighting the Giant, Pergamon Altar. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3618/hecate-fighting-the-giant-pergamon-altar/>
### Chicago
Bulic, Mina. "Hecate Fighting the Giant, Pergamon Altar." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 04, 2015. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3618/hecate-fighting-the-giant-pergamon-altar/>.
### MLA
Bulic, Mina. "Hecate Fighting the Giant, Pergamon Altar." *World History Encyclopedia*, 04 Feb 2015, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3618/hecate-fighting-the-giant-pergamon-altar/>.

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