Athena
Greek · deity · primordial · deity
Greek goddess of wisdom, craft, and disciplined war; born from Zeus's head after he swallowed her pregnant mother Metis. Parthenos ("virgin") epithet. Polias of Athens, where the Acropolis bears her temples — the Parthenon and the Erechtheion (the latter housing the ancient olive-wood xoanon of Athena Polias).
Parentage
Domains
- wisdom
- craft techne
- war strategy
- civic protection
Powers
- Create the olive tree
- Grant skill in craft and weaving
- Disguise self as mortals and birds
Epithets
- Παλλάς
- γλαυκῶπις
- Παρθένος
- Πολιάς
- Πρόμαχος
- Ἐργάνη
- Τριτογένεια
- Νίκη
- Ἀτρυτώνη
- ὀβριμοπάτρη
- Ἀλέα
Relations
- sibling: Hebe
- sibling: Ares
- sibling: Apollo
- sibling: Aeacus
- sibling: Dionysus
- sibling: Artemis
- sibling: Hermes
- equated with: Minerva
- ally: Perseus
- enemy: Ares
- ally: Heracles
- interpretatio: Minerva
- interpretatio: Menrva
- interpretatio: Neith
- interpretatio: Anat
- equated with: Allat
- equated with: Maliya