Athenaby Nasja Wickerhauser

Greek: AthenaRoman: Minerva

Names

Hans von Aachen

“Pallas Athena, Venus and Juno”

1593

http://www.terminartors.com/

crafts domestic arts war

Goddess of

and later, came to be known as the

Goddess of Wisdom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena

Symbol

Little owl by Naumann

1986 Greek stamp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena

Greek original by Kresilas in the Glyptothek (a museum in Munich, Germany)

430 BC

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-Zeus was married to Metis (a daughter of Ocean- known for wisdom) -Metis became pregnant-Earth warned Zeus that a son born to Metis would

overrule him-Zeus swallowed Metis-Bad headache-Help from the craftsman god Hephaestus-Hephaestus sliced open Zeus's forehead with an ax-Athena sprang forth fully armed.

Birth

Grandparents:

Kronus + Rhea

Parents:

Zeus + Metis

Family

Aunts:

Demeter, Hera (also

stepmother), Hestia

Half brothers:

Apollo, Hermes,

Hephaestus

Half sister: Artemis

Aphrodite: Cousin Uncles:

Poseidon, Hades

Marble statue of “Pallas Giustiniani” in the Vatican at Rome

Found in the temple of Minerva Medica on the Esquiline Hill

1899

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena

-Athena and Poseidon were competing for position of patron god of Athens

-Athena gave an olive tree-Poseidon, in trying to outdo her, made a spring-Since he was the god of the sea, it was salt water-Useless to the Athenians-Athena’s gift made her the patron deity

Athens

The Lemnia Athena, named that because it was created by Phidias the Lemnian around 450 BCE

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/religion/blgrk_athena07.htm

http://www.mythweb.com/gods/athena.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena

http://allaboutathena.weebly.com/family-tree.html

Bibliography

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