Athena Role In Everyday Life

All woman play an important role in someone's life and are heroes in their own way. As years go by, woman continue to play important roles in their everyday lives. Being a hero doesn't mean being able to fly or have super strength, but to help someone in need of assistance or to go out and do the right thing without expecting anything in return. Although Athena is best known for being the goddess of wisdom and war, she is also known for a woman role in society and doing acts of heroism.

Athena has a lot of historical background on her because she was a memorable deity , Olympian, and powerful woman. Athena was commonly known as the goddess of wisdom and war. Zeus was Athena's father, and Metis the Titan was her mother. Athena's mother !Metis …show more content…
In later times she was important as a goddess of wisdom. Athena was also a guardian of cities, notably Athens, where the Parthenon was erected as her temple. In a contest with Poseidon concerning dominian over Attica, Athena made an olive tree to grow in the Acropolis while Poseidon caused a saltwater stream to gush from the Acropolis." (Baker) Athena in her early days was born out of her fathers head because she was trapped inside when he swallowed Metis. Hephaestus freed Athena from the head of Zeus. After Athena was freed, one of her obligations was to find land to protect, so she decided she wanted Attica. Poseidon also wanted that land, so he challenged her. Athens judged Athena ti be the champion. In honor of the contest, the Athena built a temple and named it Parthenon. Inside were scenes that showed Athena's birth, contests, and Panathenaia festival. There was even a statue of Athena made out of gold and ivory.(Baker) A mystery to many, that isn't the first story popping up when you type in the goddesses name is the story about how Athena turned the once beautiful Medusa into the horrifying gorgon. Medusa who is most commonly known as the evil forgo with serpents for hair and terrifying