ATHENA

ATHENA…

• Born from Zeus's head
• Hephaestus struck open Zeus's head with an axe to release Athena
• She sprung from his head and stood before him in full armor
• Is the patron goddess of Athens
• Gave her city-state the gift of olive tree, oil, food, and wood

CLAIM TO FAME

• Athena is goddess of wisdom
• She focuses more on strategy that bloodshed
• And active participant in the Trojan War

ATHENA'S STORY

• Athena was born from her father, Zeus's, head
• She's a virgin goddess, but has a son named Erichthonius
• Hephaestus attempted to rape her, his seed spilled on her leg so she became the part mother
• Athena was the goddess of Athens and sided with the Greeks in the Trojan War
• She was also in many of Greeks tales

ATHENA'S STORY

• She fought with Poseidon to see who would be the patron god of Athens
• Born without a mother