God · Greek
Athena
Athena, a god of the Greek world, and the gods ancient sources said were the same.
Tradition: greek
Documented identifications
| Link | Who said so | Note |
|---|---|---|
| identified as Neith | Herodotus, Histories 2.59 and 2.62, c. 430 BCE | Herodotus calls the goddess of Sais, Neith, by the name Athena and describes her Feast of Lamps. |
| identified as Isis | Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris 9, c. 100 CE | The veiled statue at Sais was of Athena, "whom they believe to be Isis", with its famous inscription about no mortal lifting her robe. |
| identified as Allat | Palmyrene cult of Athena-Allat, 2nd c. CE | At Palmyra al-Lat was carved in Athena's helmet and aegis and called Athena-Allat. |
| identified as Anat | Anat-Athena bilingual, Lapethos, Cyprus, 4th c. BCE | A Phoenician-Greek inscription from Cyprus renders Anat as Athena Soteira Nike, two virgin war goddesses. |
| identified as Minerva | Roman lectisternium of the twelve gods, 217 BCE (Livy 22.10) | Minerva, goddess of crafts and wisdom, was the Roman Athena. |
| adopted as Menrva | Etruscan Orientalizing period, 7th c. BCE | Menrva is listed among the Greek gods the Etruscans adopted in the Orientalizing period. |