Athena | |
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Goddess o Wiceheid, Warfare, Divine intelligence, Airchitectur an Crafts[1] Patron Goddess o Athens[1] | |
![]() Marble Greek copy signed "Antiokhos", a first century BC variant o Phidias' fift-century Athena Promachos that stuid on the Acropolis | |
Abode | Munt Olympus, Athens, Mani |
Symbol | Ouls, Olive trees, Snakes, Aegis, Airmor, Helms, Spears, Gorgoneion |
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Parents | Zeus an Metis[3] |
Siblins | Porus[2] |
Roman equivalent | Minerva |
In Greek religion an meethologie, Athena or Athene (/əˈθiːnə/ or /əˈθiːniː/; Attic: Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnā or Ἀθηναία, Athēnaia; Epic: Ἀθηναίη, Athēnaiē; Ionic: Ἀθήνη, Athēnē; Doric: Ἀθάνα, Athānā), referred tae as Pallas Athena/Athene (/ˈpæləs/; Παλλὰς Ἀθηνᾶ; Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη) an aw, is the goddess o wiceheid, courage, inspiration, ceevilization, law an juistice, juist warfare, mathematics, strenth, strategie, the airts, crafts, an skill. Minerva is the Roman goddess identifee'd wi Athena.[4]
Athena is a shrewd companion o heroes an aw an is the goddess o heroic endeavour. She is the virgin patroness o Athens. The Athenians foondit the Parthenon on the Acropolis o her namesak ceety, Athens (Athena Parthenos), in her honour.[4]
Athena's veneration as the patron o Athens seems tae hae existit frae the earliest times, an wis sae persistent that archaic meeths aboot her wur recast tae adapt tae cultural changes. In her role as a protector o the ceety (polis), mony fowk throuoot the Greek warld wirshipit Athena as Athena Polias (Ἀθηνᾶ Πολιάς "Athena o the ceety"). The ceety o Athens an the goddess Athena essentially bear the same name,[5] "Athenai" meanin "[mony] Athenas".
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