Created by: Chelsey R

ATHENA THE GODDESS OF WISDOM,CRAFTS & WAR

Athena the daughter of Zeus, is well known as the goddess of wisdom and war but she is also know for her arts. She wears a golden suit of armor from helmet to foot, also owns a shield and a spear. As she grows up she is weak at first but once she started fighting her bravery and skills also grew. But when she is off the fields she creates art. For that she is known as the goddess of art because of all of the people on Mt. Olympus her art work was exhilarating. For her talent in arts she had created the bridle for men's to tame their horses and the sail to harness gale forces.

Athena's story

In one of her battles she had fought medusa the woman who can turn people into stone. At first medusa was a woman, surprisingly. The problem with Medusa was that she was boastful of her beauty, that made her full of anger and have a jealous rage. It was upon Athena that it was her rightful duty to turn Medusa into the most monstrous of all creatures. She didn’t want to but she felt it was her duty because of her jealousy rage. As you can see medusa’s head is carved on her shield, but that’s another story .

The curse of Medusa

Athena vs. Poseidon Did you now that Athena & Poseidon had fought for what we now know as Athens. In this fight they offered gifts to this city. Athena had offered them an olive tree, which was a symbol of peace and Poseidon had offered them a horse, which was a symbol of war. This may have caused the Trojan war to begin, one side chose Poseidon and the other chose Athena. They fought for what they thought was right ,but in the end Athena ‘s side had won. From then on they had declared that city Athens.

Hoped you enjoyed and learned a lot about Athena !! Bye or as they say in Greek Yia sou !!