A Compendium of the Ancient Gods

Echoes

Persephone, Ataecina, Phersipnai and Proserpina

One god under four names, across The Olympian Order, The Edges of Empire, The Etruscan World and The Roman Inheritance.

Persephone, plate
Persephone per-sef-oh-nee Queen of the Underworld — daughter of Demeter The Olympian Order
Ataecina, plate
Ataecina a-tae-ci-na Chthonic Goddess of Lusitania — receiver of curse-tablets The Edges of Empire
Phersipnai, plate
Phersipnai pher-sip-nai The Etruscan Queen of the Dead — borrowed from Greek Persephone The Etruscan World
Proserpina, plate
Proserpina pro-ser-pi-na Roman queen of the underworld — daughter of Ceres, wife of Dis Pater The Roman Inheritance

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