Echoes

Neith, Athena, Allat (the Aramaean goddess) and 2 more

One god under five names (Neith, Athena, Allat (the Aramaean goddess), Allat (Palmyrene) and Menrva), across The Gift of the Nile, The Olympian Order, The Levantine Borderlands and The Etruscan World.

Neith, plate — Neith **neith** Lady of Sais — primordial weaver and warrior The Gift of the Nile

Athena, plate — Athena ah-**thee**-nah The Grey-Eyed — goddess of wisdom and crafts The Olympian Order

Allat (the Aramaean goddess), plate — Allat (the Aramaean goddess) al-lat (the aramaean goddess) Sky-Mother of the Aramaeans and Northern Arabs — see also Book II below The Levantine Borderlands

Allat (Palmyrene), plate — Allat (Palmyrene) al-lat (palmyrene) The Palmyrene Goddess Identified with Athena — civic protector The Levantine Borderlands

Menrva, plate — Menrva **men**-rvah The Etruscan Wise Maiden — warrior, craftswoman, prophetess The Etruscan World

Why the sources call them one god

The Greek visitors to Sais in the Late Period identified Neith with Athena
From the entry on Neith, naming Athena
the figure equivalent to the Greek Athena and the Roman Minerva
From the entry on Menrva, naming Athena
among the Palmyrenes she was identified with Athena and was a warrior-goddess of the city
From the entry on Allat (the Aramaean goddess), naming Athena
with a cult-image of her as Athena Promachos — the helmeted, spear-wielding warrior-maiden of the Greek tradition
From the entry on Allat (Palmyrene), naming Athena
The Palmyrene Allat was a distinct local development of the broader Aramaean-Arabian goddess
From the entry on Allat (Palmyrene), naming Allat (the Aramaean goddess)