This goddess’s name possibly derives from a frog-headed Egyptian fertility goddess. Zeus’s hand holds this goddess on coins issued (-5[1])by Agathocles I of Bactria, reflecting the Theogony’s claim that Zeus “honored [this goddess] above all.” This goddess adopted the servant Galanthias (0[1])after she was punished by Hera for facilitating Heracles’s birth by being turned into this goddess’s sacred animal, the weasel or polecat. (10[1])Along with the (10[1])Lampades, this goddess controls succubus-like creatures with one copper leg known as empousai. Like Diana, this torch-wielding goddess was given the epithet Trivia in her role as a triple goddess. Dogs were often sacrificed to this goddess at crossroads. For 10 points, Medea was a priestess of what Greek goddess of magic and witchcraft? ■END■