Echoes

Resheph, Helios, Apollo and 5 more

One god under eight names (Resheph, Helios, Apollo, Simios, Aplu, Belenos, Maponos and Grannus and Sirona), across The Cradle of Cities, The Olympian Order, The Levantine Borderlands, The Etruscan World and The Northern Inheritance.

Resheph, plate — Resheph re-sheph The Plague-Bringer — archer of disease The Cradle of Cities

Helios, plate — Helios **hee**-lee-oss The Sun — driver of the daily chariot The Olympian Order

Apollo, plate — Apollo uh-**pol**-oh The Far-Shooter — god of music, prophecy, and plague The Olympian Order

Simios, plate — Simios si-mios Sun-God of Hierapolis — kingly companion of Atargatis The Levantine Borderlands

Aplu, plate — Aplu ap-lu The Etruscan Apollo — god of prophecy and music, brought from the Greeks of Cumae The Etruscan World

Belenos, plate — Belenos be-le-nos Continental Celtic God of the Sun and Healing The Northern Inheritance

Maponos, plate — Maponos ma-po-nos The Divine Youth — the British Apollo, hunter and singer The Northern Inheritance

Grannus and Sirona, plate — Grannus and Sirona **gran**-nus and si-ro-na Gallo-Roman Apollo and his consort — healers of the eastern Gallic provinces The Northern Inheritance

Why the sources call them one god

and was identified by the Greeks with Apollo
From the entry on Resheph, naming Apollo
Helios was identified, from the late fifth century onward, with Apollo
From the entry on Helios, naming Apollo
eventually of the sun, having absorbed the office of the older Helios
From the entry on Apollo, naming Helios
He was identified by the Romans with Apollo
From the entry on Belenos, naming Apollo
The Romans equated him with Apollo
From the entry on Maponos, naming Apollo
whom the Romans equated with Apollo
From the entry on Grannus and Sirona, naming Apollo
Aplu was the Etruscan form of the Greek Apollo
From the entry on Aplu, naming Apollo
After the Romanization, Aplu was simply absorbed into Apollo
From the entry on Aplu, naming Apollo
The Greek tradition identified him most often with Apollo, in his solar and oracular aspects
From the entry on Simios, naming Apollo