Athena Greek Goddess

Athena was the daughter of Zeus and Metis, she was also the Hercules half- sister. She was the goddess of reason, arts and literature, and intelligent activity and her powers were especially used in the defense of Athens. Her powers were very limited because her service to Zeus, she will only act with his consent and so what powers Athena had, Zeus also had. Athena’s originally was the goddess of womanly wisdom but that was soon expanded to the goddess of wisdom. Her symbol was an owl which is also called “the wise bird” Athena’s birth was very unique, when, Metis was pregnant, Zeus swallowed her and after a while, Zeus got a very bad headache which caused him to scream and yell loud enough for the entire world to hear. The other gods came to Zeus to find out what was wrong with him and they decided that, to stop

People believe that this could represent the mountain of Juktas which is on the island of Crete and appears to be a photo of Zeus who is lying on the ground and his forehead is supposed to be the highest part of the mountain. Although she only took part in battles that defended the state and home from enemies, she was a very fierce fighter. Athena would often help other heroes, for example, she would help Jason and Perseus. Her outfit was an aegis, which is a goatskin shield which was decorated by a fringe of snakes. The short story I decided to share is called Athena, Arachne, and the weaving contest, and it goes like this. In Ledia, which is a small town in Northern Greece, there was a maid who was very beautiful, her name was Arachne. In her town, she was known for being a talented weaver and spinner. The only problem was that Arachne was self- obsessed and couldn’t stop bragging about herself. She claimed that there was no one else in the world who could weave as delicately as her and that she even felt that she was better than Athena, the goddess of