Athena the Greek Goddess :: Greek Mythology

genus AtheneAthena was the virgin daughter of the great god Zeus and she was also one of the great Olympian deities.Not only was she the goddess of wisdom but she was also the goddess of war and the patroness of arts and crafts. Which led her to be a great leader Athena was innate(p) beside the river Triton where she was nurtured by 3 nymphs. One of the nymphsWas her playmate, Pallas. When she was just a girl, Athena accidentally killed Pallas. As a token of her grief Athena put the nymphs frame before her own, so she was often know as Pallas Athena.Athena was endowed with much wisdom from her mother Metis, which means cunning. Because she enjoyed war and was a rough warrior she used her intelligence for military strategyI will give you 3 samples of how Athena used he military cunning to pass challenges-The runner is the Trojan WarFor ten years the Greeks tried to capture the metropolis of Troy, but its walls were invincible. Athena inspired Odysseus to build a hollow wooden ho rse. He was to make the horse taller and Wider than the main gate of Troy so the Trojans had to destroy their own wall to bringIn the gift from the gods, so they thought.The next example was when the hero Perseus was forced to fight the Terrible Gorgon Medusa. Nobody was able to kill her because if you looked directly at herYou would turn to stone pit. Athena gave Perseus a highly polished shield so he could look at her Since he was looking at her reflection and not her face he did not turn to stonestone and was able to kill her. The 3rd example was when Hercules was forced to clean the filthy Augean stables. He was so overwhelmed by the filth that he couldnt do it. Athena then guided him intoChanging the course of the Alpheus and Peneus rivers so that they would flow through the stablesAnd thus wash them for him. She also had a city that she was the patron goddess of.Athens, the city named after her to this day. She competed with Poseidon, god of the sea,to become the patron god of Athens. Their contest took place on the Acropolis. which is a Large flat hill in the middle of the city. The superior was the one who could give the better gift to the people.