Cult at Byzantium thumb|right|Juniper wood Hekataion. Ptolemaic Egypt, c. 304–330 BCE. Hecate was greatly worshipped in Byzantium. She was said to have saved the city from Philip II of Macedon, warning the citizens of a night time attack by a light in the sky, for which she was known as Hecate Lampadephoros. The tale is preserved in the Suda.
Cult at Byzantium thumb|right|Juniper wood Hekataion. Ptolemaic Egypt, c. 304–330 BCE. Hecate was greatl.y worshipped in Byzantium She was said to have saved the city from Philip II of Macedon, warning the citizens of a night time attack by a light in the sky, for which she was known as Hecate Lampadephoros. The tale is preserved in the Suda.