![]() ![]() The attempted violation of the goddess by Hephaistos (Hephaestus), who spilled his seed upon the earth and produced Erikhthonios (Erichthonius), who she then adopted as her own son. The War of the Giants in which she buried Enkelados (Enceladus) beneath Mount Etna and made her aigis from the skin of Pallas. Her contest with Poseidon for dominion of Athens in which she produced the first olive tree and he the first horse. Her birth from the head of Zeus, fully-grown and arrayed in arms. The more famous myths featuring the goddess Athene include:. She was depicted as a stately woman armed with a shield and spear, and wearing a long robe, crested helm, and the famed aigis-a snake-trimmed cape adorned with the monstrous visage of the Gorgon Medousa (Medusa). ![]() ![]() Minerva Athena, Athenian red-figure lekythos C5th B.C., Museum of Fine Arts BostonĪTHENE (Athena) was the Olympian goddess of wisdom and good counsel, war, the defence of towns, heroic endeavour, weaving, pottery and various other crafts. ![]()
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