athena by nasja wickerhauser. greek: athena roman: minerva names
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Athenaby Nasja Wickerhauser
Greek: AthenaRoman: Minerva
Names
Hans von Aachen
“Pallas Athena, Venus and Juno”
1593
http://www.terminartors.com/
crafts domestic arts war
Goddess of
and later, came to be known as the
Goddess of Wisdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
Symbol
Little owl by Naumann
Greek original by Kresilas in the Glyptothek (a museum in Munich, Germany)
430 BC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
-Zeus was married to Metis (a daughter of Ocean- known for wisdom) -Metis became pregnant-Earth warned Zeus that a son born to Metis would
overrule him-Zeus swallowed Metis-Bad headache-Help from the craftsman god Hephaestus-Hephaestus sliced open Zeus's forehead with an ax-Athena sprang forth fully armed.
Birth
Grandparents:
Kronus + Rhea
Parents:
Zeus + Metis
Family
Aunts:
Demeter, Hera (also
stepmother), Hestia
Half brothers:
Apollo, Hermes,
Hephaestus
Half sister: Artemis
Aphrodite: Cousin Uncles:
Poseidon, Hades
Marble statue of “Pallas Giustiniani” in the Vatican at Rome
Found in the temple of Minerva Medica on the Esquiline Hill
1899
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
-Athena and Poseidon were competing for position of patron god of Athens
-Athena gave an olive tree-Poseidon, in trying to outdo her, made a spring-Since he was the god of the sea, it was salt water-Useless to the Athenians-Athena’s gift made her the patron deity
Athens
The Lemnia Athena, named that because it was created by Phidias the Lemnian around 450 BCE
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/religion/blgrk_athena07.htm
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/athena.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
http://allaboutathena.weebly.com/family-tree.html
Bibliography
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