1. ATHENA

2. epithets
Pallas Athena (“Shaker”)
Parthenos (Virgin)
major myths
birth from head of Zeus
founding of Athens
weaving contest vs. Arachne
inventions
support for heroes
chariot, bridle, ship, Trojan Horse
functions
city goddess
practical intelligence (mêtis)
crafts (tekhnê)
contrast with Poseidon: tekhnê vs. anangkê, mêtis vs. bia
Parthenon
wool-working, weaving, pottery, carpentry, horsemanship, cultivation of olive

4. Athenian akropolis

5. WEST PEDIMENT
Athena vs. Poseidon
WEST METOPES
Greeks (M) vs. Amazons (F)
EAST PEDIMENT
Birth of Athena
EAST METOPES
Olympians vs. Giants
NORTH METOPES
Lapiths vs. Centaurs
SOUTH METOPES
Greeks vs. Trojans

6. Erechtheon

7. authochthony + natural birth
Birth from One
mobility problems (lameness, snake-legs)
fertility problems (failure to reproduce)
Birth from Two
problem of incest
Birth from Three!
Gaea (1) and Hephaestus + Athena (2)

8. Arrhephoria 3 Skirophorion (May/June)
Two girls aged 7 serve on Akropolis for one year, tending olive tree and weaving new peplos.
In Arrhephoria (“Mystery Carriers” or “Dew Carriers”) ritual, each carries bundle; contents unknown.
Underground passageway connecting Erechtheon and Parthenon to sanctuary of Aphrodite on north slope of Akropolis
Arrhephoroi leave bundles and receive two other bundles, which they carry back up to Parthenon.
Arrhephoroi immediately discharged from service.

9. CECROPS ______________________ AGLAUROS HERSE PANDROSUS (dew) (dewy)

10. Aglauros & Athena Athena, Pandrosus, Herse, Aglauros

11. Athena daughters of Kekrops opened chest Erichthonius priestess arrhephoroi unopened bundle ??? Athena Aphrodite

12. Athena & Pandrosus