Athena

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Athena

• English I Students

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Realm goddess of

• Wisdom
• Military Victory
• Crafts

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Athena goddess of crafts
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Symbols

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The Home of Athena

• Thebes (theebs), a Greek city, founded by
  Cadmus, ruled in myth by Oedipus. Although, there
  was another famous Thebes in Egypt.

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Genealogy
Uranus Gaia Rhea
Cronus Metis Zues Athena
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A Mate of Athena
Hephaetus
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Her gift to Greece

• Athena was very fond of a city in Greece. She
  wanted to give it a great gift, so she grew an
  olive tree for the city's citizens. This allowed
  them to get food, oil, and wood. This olive tree
  was thought to have been the foundation for its
  economic security. Out of gratitude, the
  city-state was named Athens after Athena.

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Birth of Athena

• Metis was goddess of Prudence and was the apple
  of Zeus' eye. They were a couple and Zues wanted
  a child at that point. Then he heard from the
  oracle that his second child would be a son that
  would dethrone him. Needless to say, he didn't
  like that. Even though he went on to have many
  more sons, he feared that the son of a union with
  Metis would bring his destruction.
• So one day, Zeus proposed a game of changing
  shapes. Metis decided it would be fun so they
  changed all sorts of shapes, big and small. When
  Metis changed into a fly, Zeus swallowed her.

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• Metis spent the rest of their lives giving Zeus
  advice from inside him. Maybe Zues thought that
  swallowing Metis would nullify her child, but it
  certainly didn't. He probably thought that was
  the end of that, and for a while it was. But one
  day, Zeus was just chilling by Lake Triton and he
  started to get the worst headache of his life. I
  mean, we are talking deathly migraine here. It
  was so bad that he called for Hephaestus and had
  him split open his head. From the split leapt
  Athena, leaping into the air fully armored and
  ready for battle.
• That is how her priests say she was born. Other
  versions peg her father as Pallas but this story
  is unlikely since Pallas was a giant with a name
  that meant "Maiden". Some say her daddy was
  Itonus, a King of Iton. Some say her biological
  father was Poseidon, but that she begged to be
  adopted by Zeus. No matter what the story is, she
  never has a real mother. By having her born only
  from Zeus, it gave males authority and power over
  something that had previously only been a female
  realm. Athena could be free of the bonds that
  tied her with a mother. She did not have any
  loyalty to a mother figure. That played a big
  role in her life.

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Myth of Athena

• Some have said that Hephaestus, who is akin to
  Athena because he also protects the crafts,
  attempted to rape this virgin goddess. Also that
  when she was escaping him he dropped his seed on
  Athena's leg whereupon she, in disgust, wiped off
  the seed with wool and threw it on the ground.
  From the seed which fell on the ground as the
  goddess fled, Erichthonius 2, whose bodys lower
  part was snake formed, was produced.

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Athena goddess of military victory
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Personality

• Athena described herself as misogynist (that's
  woman-hating to you uneducated folks) but would
  not have been able to take that role had she had
  a mother.

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How is she perceived?

• There were tons of Gods who would have given
  their eyes to marry her, but she was completely
  disgusted by the idea. Athena was very much loved
  by everyone.

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What connection does your goddess have with
Odysseus?

• Athena, goddess of wisdom. She comes to
  Odysseus's aid by interceding with the other gods
  to bring Poseidon into line and let Odysseus go
  home.

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References

• Athena.photo_at_maicarforlag-gml
• www.mce.k12th.net/ancient_greece/olympiangods.html
  
• www.mythweb.com/gods/zues.html
• http//www.paleothea.com/SortaSingles/Athena.html
  
• www.mythweb.com