Athena
by Nasja Wickerhauser
Names
Greek: Athena
Roman: Minerva
Hans von Aachen
“Pallas Athena,
Venus and Juno”
1593
http://www.terminartors.com/
Goddess of
crafts
domestic arts
war
and later, came to be known as
the
Goddess of Wisdom
Symbol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
Birth
-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.
Family
Half brothers:
Grandparents:
Aunts:
Kronus + Rhea
Demeter, Hera (also
Apollo, Hermes,
Hephaestus
stepmother), Hestia
Parents:
Uncles:
Poseidon, Hades
Zeus + Metis
Aphrodite: Cousin
Half sister: Artemis
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
Athens
-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
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
Bibliography
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/athena.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
http://allaboutathena.weebly.com/family-tree.html
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