Echoes

Artemis of Ephesus, Pakhet, Selene and 3 more

One god under six names (Artemis of Ephesus, Pakhet, Selene, Artemis, Hecate and Bendis), across The Cradle of Cities, The Gift of the Nile, The Olympian Order and The Edges of Empire.

Artemis of Ephesus, plate — Artemis of Ephesus ar-te-mis of e-**phe**-sus The Many-Breasted Mother of Ephesus The Cradle of Cities

Pakhet, plate — Pakhet pa-khet The Tearer — lioness of the desert wadis The Gift of the Nile

Selene, plate — Selene seh-**lee**-nee The Moon — mistress of the night sky The Olympian Order

Artemis, plate — Artemis ar-tuh-mis The Huntress — virgin of the wilderness The Olympian Order

Hecate, plate — Hecate **hek**-uh-tee Of the Crossroads — goddess of witchcraft and the dark moon The Olympian Order

Bendis, plate — Bendis **ben**-dis The Thracian Huntress — patroness of the moon and the wild animals The Edges of Empire

Why the sources call them one god

though the Greeks gave her the name of their virgin huntress
From the entry on Artemis of Ephesus, naming Artemis
for the Greeks identified Pakhet with Artemis the huntress
From the entry on Pakhet, naming Artemis
Selene was identified in late antiquity with another Olympian (in her case, Artemis
From the entry on Selene, naming Artemis
through Artemis with Hecate, producing the late triple-form Hecate-Selene-Artemis
From the entry on Selene, naming Hecate
becoming in late antiquity inseparable from Selene
From the entry on Artemis, naming Selene
In late antiquity she was identified with Selene and with Artemis
From the entry on Hecate, naming Selene
In late antiquity she was identified with Selene and with Artemis
From the entry on Hecate, naming Artemis
The Greeks who knew her identified her with their own Artemis
From the entry on Bendis, naming Artemis