A Lil Bit You Should Know~
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Last Login: 01/25/2007 11:26 am
Registered: 01/14/2006
Gender: Female
Location: Mt. Olympus
Athena and her uncle Poseidon were both very fond of a certain city in Greece. Both of them claimed the city and it was decided that the one that could give the finest gift should have it. Leading a procession of citizens, the two gods mounted the Acropolis. Poseidon struck the side of the cliff with his trident and a spring welled up. The people marveled, but the water was as salty as Poseidon's sea and it was not very useful. Athena's gift was an olive tree, which was better because it gave the people food, oil and wood. Athena named her city Athens.
She is attended by an owl, wears a goatskin breastplate (called the Aegis
given to her by her father, Zeus) and is accompanied by the goddess
of victory, Nike. She is often shown helmeted and with a shield
bearing the Gorgon Medusa's head, a votive gift of Perseus. Athena is
an armed warrior goddess, and appears in Greek mythology as a helper
of many heroes, including Heracles, Jason, and Odysseus. She never
had a consort or lover, and thus was often known as Athena Parthenos
("Athena the virgin"). In her role as a protector of the city, Athena was
worshipped throughout the Greek world as Athena Polias ("Athena of the city").
She had a special relationship with Athens, as is shown by the etymological
connection of the names of the goddess and the city. The Parthenon, on the
Acropolis of Athens, is her most famous temple.
Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry,
justice and skill. She was the favorite child of Zeus. She had sprung fully
grown out of her father's head. Her mother was Metis, goddess of wisdom
and Zeus' first wife. In fear that Metis would bear a son mightier than himself.
Zeus swallowed her and she began to make a robe and helmet for her daughter.
The hammering of the helmet caused Zeus great pain in the form of headaches
and he cried out in agony. Skilled Hephaestus ran to his father and split his skull
open and from it emerged Athena, fully grown and wearing her mother's robe and helmet.
She is the virgin mother of Erichthnonius.
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I'll give it to the prettiest one...
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