Athena and medusa

Athena symbol

Athena was an Olympian goddess of wisdom, strategy, warfare and skill. Also known as a goddess of civilization, inspiration and laws, she was the virgin patroness of the city of Athens. The ancient Greeks even built Parthenon on the acropolis of Athens in her honour. Athena was also a patroness of various crafts, especially weaving and metalwork of weapons.

Her intelligence and expertise in warfare strategies and discipline led to successful victories without too many casualties. Just the opposite of Ares , a patron of violence and slaughter, who led his disciples to the raw force of war, causing devastation. Athena was also very compassionate and caring because she was ready to help anyone in desperate times.

Most of the time, she is depicted as a fully grown woman in combat armor, wearing a crested helm and holding a shield in one hand and a spear in the other. Sometimes, she is depicted with an owl on her shoulder, as her symbol and a sacred animal. Athena was a daughter of Zeus and a goddess Metis. In a myth of the birth of Athena, Zeus pursued Metis in his young age with extreme determination.

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She wanted to escape from the embrace of Zeus, but that was never meant to be because eventually she just gave up and let the vigorous Zeus to impregnate her. Metis was finally at ease for a while until Zeus heard a prophecy from Gaea and Uranus that he will lose his kingdom to the firstborn son. He was looking for her again and when finally found her, Zeus swallowed Metis to prevent the child from being born.

This, however, hadn't solved problems for Zeus because he was having a painful headache. After a while, when the headache was getting worse, he sent Hermes for Hephaestus in order for the crafty god to open his head and look for the reason behind it.