Athena Gods And Goddess

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There are many gods and goddess. Let me tell you about one of them, about Athena, she was always Zeus favorite child. The interesting thing is how Athena was born, she didn't have a mother instead she was born from Zeus's forehead. In the city of Mount Olympus. Dressed in full armour, when she was born. Athena is the goddess of intelligent activity, arts and literature. She has many siblings, two of the many siblings are Artemis, Aphrodite and many more. Blue is the color associated with Athena’s type of trait or religion.

An important thing to know about Athena is that she saved Rome from enemies. She went through some rough times, she had fears but she only was in wars that was defend with the enemies from outside or that were in here country.

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