Athena

Welcome to the Athena Page! Here, you will learn all about Athena.   These are some interesting facts about Athena:

Athena is the goddess of wisdom and war. She has made severe punishments to some mortals like, Arachne who she turned into a spider, and Medusa who she turned into an ugly woman with snake hair. Her birth was quite odd; she came from Zeus’ head when he was hit by Hephaestus. Athena’s Symbol is the owl or the aegis (small shield) showing the snaky head of Medusa. When she was "born" she came out fully clad in armor, she usually holds a spear. She is one of the twelve main gods and goddesses so she lives up on Mount Olympus. Her skills are in war, knitting, and she is much faster at doing common day tasks than any mortal. One personality trait of hers is being competitive.

There is the city in Greece named Athens. Greece named the city Athens because she created the olive tree and put it in the city. There is a brand of water that is named for her and is called: Athena Water. There is a company that is called: Athena Water. It is a good idea to use Athena’s name in the company because the money that the company makes goes toward breast cancer and makes the researcher smarter; Athena is the goddess of wisdom.

One myth with Athena in it is the story of Medusa. This myth takes place in Athens, Greece. Medusa says she is prettier than Athena. Medusa thought it was a waste to build a temple for Athena because Medusa thinks she is much better then Athena. Athena got mad and turned Medusa into a snaky haired monster. No disguises were used. There is nothing in groups of three. We learned to not think so highly of yourself or think that you are better that other people because you are prettier than them.

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