Athena

Introduction Athena was a tall, strong, graceful, gray-eyed, goddess who liked owls. From the beginning, she was already an amazing goddess. In fact, even her birth was most unusual. Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman named Metis. Older gods had warned Zeus that he would be in trouble if Metis gave birth to a daughter. So he swallowed Metis whole.Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. Athena's siblings included Persephone, the Dioscuri…

Athena is believed to be the goddess of war and wisdom. Concerning war, Athena is strategic unlike her counterpart, Ares, who is violent and fierce. Athena was the daughter of Zeus and is Metis. Metis was swallowed by Zeus while she was pregnant because he thought she was going to give birth to a boy and would overthrow him in the future. Metis being the mother of wisdom, Zeus thought he could also gain more wisdom by swallowing them. Athena grew up in Zeus's stomach. One day Zeus had a…

Throughout the Odyssey Athena plays a large role in Odysseus’ journey back to Ithaca and remains involved even once he returns. When Athena initially sticks her neck out…

The Parthenon was a temple built to the goddess of wisdom, Athena, and was served as a place of worship for the Greeks. It was placed in the highest point on Acropolis of Athens so that it could be seen from far away and close to the gods. Athena was a daughter of Zeus and the Titan Metis. Zeus fell in love with Metis and she became pregnant. An oracle predicted that Metis would have a girl first and later a boy, and the boy would be powerful enough to overthrow Zeus when he grew up. In fear of…

Athena, throughout The Odyssey, is a guiding figure for the protagonists, helping them in their most dire situations, and showcasing women are tremendously beneficial. Throughout the story, Athena appears multiple times to guide the heroes and to support them in ways they can not do themselves. Athena first frees Odysseus, by influencing Zeus to take action. She mentions that “... my heart breaks for Odysseus,/ that seasoned veteran cursed by fate so long…” (Homer 79) and inquires why Zeus is so…

her into a hideous monster. The Athens princess Agraulos disobeyed Athena and opened a box that contained the hidden infant Erikhthonios. This made Athena angry so she put a curse upon Agraulos making her have severe jealousy. When Agraulos’ jealousy took over in front of Hermes; Hermes turned Agraulos into stone. Athena had a beautiful white crow with her, but the crow told Agraulos about the baby Erikhthonios in the box. Athena became furious with the crow and turned its lovely white feathers…

authoritative voice these figures had on mortals was mind blowing. Athena, Arachne, and Nike were set examples of triumphant goddesses. Athena, being Zeus’s favorite daughter, was one of the most heard of goddesses of all time. Even at birth, Athena was instantly unique; she was born from her father’s head in a body suit of…

His gaze just so happened to fall a little beyond Oceanus, to his daughter Athena 's temple. This is how he first saw Medusa, a priestess in a temple of Athena. Once he laid his eyes upon her he could not look away, everything she did was beautiful. This is how he knew he had found the someone he was looking for. She had all of the right curves and edges in all of the…

and fortune. In Homer’s The Odyssey, gods and goddesses play a very significant role in Odysseus’s journey back to Ithaca. They both hinder and help Odysseus’s progress by using their powers. The goddess Athena and the god Poseidon, demonstrate how greatly they can impact Odysseus’s voyage. Athena indirectly helps Odysseus by placing thoughts inside other characters’ heads and giving them qualities they did not possess before. Specifically, after all of Nausicaa’s maids run away from…

Parthenon", 30.9x69.5, which speaks to antiquated Greek was a sanctuary assemble for goddess Athena. It was buit totally from Pentalic marble, despite the fact that parts of its establishments are limestone from a pre-480 BCE sanctuary that was never finished, on top of a slope called the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Due to how enormous and tall it is inside the Parthenon there was a colossal statue of the goddess Athena. Outside the Parthenon, high up on its four dividers there was a frieze.…