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Wisdom Grey-eyed Athena, who has been called the mind of god, is the goddess of prudent intelligence, her share of wisdom having been given to her by Zeus. ... For these reasons it has always been desirable to count upon her favour when war is at hand, for Athena, it is said, would never put up with defeat. ... Skill and Justice Athena, after having brought out the olive-tree from a rock, introduced its cultivation, and also the making of clothing, carpentry and other arts, being the protectress of all crafts, a privilege she shares with Hephaestus. ... " [Athena. Aeschylus, Eumenides 992] Manly goddess Athena presided the first court which tried a case of homicide, the murder of Clytaemnestra by her son Orestes 2, establishing a permanent tribunal in Athens. ... " [Athena to the court. Aeschylus, Eumenides 734] Some interventions of Athena Birth When Zeus was full-grown, he consorted first with the Oceanid Metis 1, who tried to avoid him, turning into many shapes. ... And when the time came for the birth to take place, Prometheus 1 (or else Hephaestus) smote the head of Zeus with an axe, and Athena, fully armed, came out of the top of his head at the river Triton in Libya. This is how Athena was born, but the Libyans say otherwise [see Parentage below]. Childhood It has been said that Athena was brought up by the Boeotian Alalcomeneus, but according to the Arcadians, Athena, as soon as she was born, was handed over to Pallas 2 by Zeus, and reared by him till she grew up. Others affirm that when Athena was born she was brought up by Triton (the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite), whose body, as far as the belly, was like that of the gods, but had a tail of a sea-monster. During her childhood, Athena, while playing with another girl called Pallas 3, killed her accidentally during one of their games, and being grieved for her death, Athena made a wooden image in her likeness, which was called the Palladium. Triton: said to have brought up Athena Athens adjudged to Athena It was in the time of King Cecrops 1, the first king of Attica, that Athens was adjudged to Athena, when she produced the olive-tree. Since then Athena has been the patroness of Athens, and she has been called the mother, the mistress, and the guardian of the city [more details about the circumstances around Athens being adjudged may be read at Poseidon]. |
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