(), a daughter of Boreas, and one of the
Hyperborean maidens, who were believed to have introduced the worship of Artemis in Delos.
(Callim. Hymn. in Del. 292; Paus. 1.43.4,
5.7.4; Hdt. 4.35.) The name Hecaerge
signifies hitting at a distance; and it is not improbable that the story of the Hyperborean
maiden may have arisen out of an attribute of Artemis, who bore the surname of Hecaerge.
(Ant. Lib. 13.) Aphrodite had the same surname at Iulis in Cos.
(Ant. Lib. 1.)