A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Echoes

Adad, Tarhunt, Lametrus and 6 more

One god under nine names (Adad, Tarhunt, Lametrus, Papas, Baal, Zeus, Hadad, Baalshamin and Tinia), across The Cradle of Cities, The Olympian Order, The Levantine Borderlands and The Etruscan World.

Adad, plate
Adad a-dad The Storm — Akkadian Hadad; Lord of the Thunder The Cradle of Cities
Tarhunt, plate
Tarhunt tar-hunt Hittite Storm-God — Slayer of the Illuyanka The Cradle of Cities
Lametrus, plate
Lametrus la-met-rus Lydian Sky-Father — Identified with Zeus The Cradle of Cities
Papas, plate
Papas pa-pas The Phrygian Father-God — Overshadowed by His Mother The Cradle of Cities
Baal, plate
Baal baal The Rider on the Clouds — Hadad of Ugarit The Cradle of Cities
Zeus, plate
Zeus zoos King of the Gods — Lord of Olympus The Olympian Order
Hadad, plate
Hadad ha-dad The Aramaean Storm-God — Iuppiter Heliopolitanus of Baalbek The Levantine Borderlands
Baalshamin, plate
Baalshamin bah-al-shah-meen Lord of Heaven — late Aramaean sky-god The Levantine Borderlands
Tinia, plate
Tinia tee-nee-ah The Etruscan Sky-King — wielder of three thunderbolts The Etruscan World

Why the sources call them one god

Floor plan

The rooms follow one another in the order their peoples first appear in the written record.

  1. The Cradle of Citiesc. 3400 BCE to 395 CE. 115 works
  2. The Gift of the Nilec. 4000 BCE to 395 CE. 73 works
  3. The Olympian Orderc. 1600 BCE to 750 CE. 152 works
  4. The Persian Worldc. 2000 BCE to 1010 CE. 30 works
  5. The Levantine Borderlandsc. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 20 works
  6. The Edges of Empirec. 2000 BCE to 1500 CE. 33 works
  7. The Etruscan Worldc. 900 BCE to 750 CE. 22 works
  8. The Roman Inheritancec. 1200 BCE to 500 CE. 58 works
  9. The Northern Inheritancec. 2000 BCE to 1600 CE. 131 works