Greek Gods

"ATHENA"

Keyra Andrea
Mendoza
 In ancient Greek religion, Athena, also known as
Pallas Athena, is the goddess of war, civilization,
wisdom, reason, intelligence, combat strategy,
victory, science, crafts, industry, inventions, arts,
trades, navigation, heroes, strength, courage,
protection, the city state, education, justice, law and
ability. It was one of the main divinities of the Greek
pantheon and a of the twelve Olympic gods. Athena
was worshiped throughout Ancient Greece and
t h r o u g h o u t i t s a r e a o f ​i n f l u e n c e , f r o m t h e G r e e k
colonies of Asia Minor to those of the Iberian
Peninsula and North Africa. Its presence is attested
even in the vicinity of India. For this reason, his cult
took many forms and even had a considerable
extension to the point that his figure was syncretized
with other divinities in the regions surrounding the
Mediterranean. In Roman mythology she was
worshiped under the name of Minerva.

Mythology
Birth and Family

In the Olympian pantheon Athena appears as the favorite daughter of

Zeus, born from his already fully armed forehead after he swallowed
her mother, Metis.
The story of his birth appears in several versions.

Homer calls Athena the daughter of Zeus, without any allusion to her
parent or the way she came into existence, while most later traditions
agree that she was born from the god's forehead. Already in Hesiod
the mother of Athena is the oceanid Metis, the first wife of Zeus. After
lying with her, Zeus immediately feared the consequences, since it had
been prophesied that Metis would give birth to children more powerful
than him. To prevent such serious consequences, he followed the
advice of Gaia and Urano and "shut her in her womb," but Metis had
already conceived a daughter, Athena, who would sprout from her
forehead.
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In Athens he became the great
Athena was worshiped in all national divinity of the city and
parts of Greece, her the country, the serpent being
relationship with Triton consecrated to him, the symbol
suggesting that her earliest of perpetual renewal.
places of worship in Greece
are located on the banks of
this Boeotian river, which
emptied into Lake Copais, and
where there were two ancient
Pelasgian cities, Athens. and
Eleusis, who were, according
to tradition, swallowed by the
lake. From there his cult was
carried in a very ancient period
by the minias to Attica, Libya
and other countries.
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