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DIANA

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a celebrated goddess of the Heathens, who was honoured
principally at Ephesus, Acts xix. She was one of the number of the
twelve superior deities, and was called by the several names of Hebe,
Trivia, and Hecate. In the heavens she was the moon, upon earth she was
called Diana, and in hell Hecate. She was worshipped in Palestine,
Jeremiah vii, 18; xliv, 17, 18.
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