1. Athena by Nasja Wickerhauser

2. Greek: Athena Roman: Minerva Names

3. Hans von Aachen “Pallas Athena, Venus and Juno” 1593 http://www.terminartors.com/

4. crafts domestic arts war Goddess of

5. and later, came to be known as the Goddess of Wisdom

6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena Symbol Little owl by Naumann

7. 1986 Greek stamp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena

8. Greek original by Kresilas in the Glyptothek (a museum in Munich, Germany) 430 BC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena

9. -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

10. 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

11. 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

12. -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

13. 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

14. 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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