Den 2007-09-22 17:50:57 skrev <aGoddessofWisdom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Can any one explain for me some details about Athena
> I only know about one Goddess of Wisdom and that is Saraswathi
> Please aquaint me with Goddess of wisdom Athena
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ATHENA, also known as Pallas Athena, one of the most im****tant
goddesses in Greek mythology. In Roman mythology she became identified
with the goddess Minerva. Athena sprang fullgrown and armored from the
forehead of the god Zeus and was his favorite child. He entrusted her
with his ****eld, adorned with the hideous head of Medusa the Gorgon,
his buckler, and his principal weapon, the thunderbolt. A virgin
goddess, she was called Parthenos ("the maiden"). Her major temple,
the Parthenon, was in Athens, which, according to legend, became hers
as a result of her gift of the olive tree to the Athenian people.
Athena was primarily the goddess of the Greek cities, of industry and
the arts, and, in later mythology, of wisdom; she was also goddess of
war. Athena was the strongest sup****ter, among the gods, of the Greek
side in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, however, the Greeks
failed to respect the sanctity of an altar to Athena at which the
Trojan prophet Cassandra sought shelter. As punishment, storms sent by
the god of the sea, Poseidon, at Athena's request destroyed most of
the Greek ****ps returning from Troy. Athena was also a patron of the
agricultural arts and of the crafts of women, especially spinning and
weaving. Among her gifts to man were the inventions of the plow and
the flute and the arts of taming animals, building ****ps, and making
shoes. She was often associated with birds, especially the owl.
(Funk & Wagnall's Enc.)
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