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Theoi Summary - Athena
Αθηνη (ah-thee-nee) - Athene AKA Athena, Pallas
Goddess of wisdom, strategy, defense, weaving, pottery, handicrafts, war, and good counsel
Ouranic Olympian with Einalic aspects
Symbols: Spear, Aegis, crested helm, a shield, Gorgoneion, flute
Animals: Little owl, snake
Colors: Gold, yellow, green, bronze, white
Plants/Herbs: Olive tree
Stones/Crystals: Quartz, marble, bronze, gold
Retinue: Nike
Relations: Zeus (father), Metis (mother), Erikhthonios (adopted son), half sister to all children of Zeus
Identified with: Minerva (Roman), Menrva (Estuscan), Neith (Kemetic), Sulis (Celtic), Nike (Hellenic)
Festivals: Panathenaia (23-30th Hek. every 4 years), Lesser Panathenaia (23-30th Hek.), Kallynteria (24 Thar.), Khalkeia (29 Pya.), Synoikia (15-16 Hek.), honored on the 3rd of every month
Epithets: Nike (Victory), Areia (Of War), Salpinx (War-Trumpet), Leïtis (Distributor of War Spoils), Sthenias (Strong), Hippia (Of the Horses), Polemodocus (War-Sustaining), Chalinitis (Bridler), Eryma (Defender), Soteira (Saviour), Alalcomeneis (Protectress), Hephaisteia (Of Hephaistos), Poliatis (Keeper of the City), Ergane (Worker), Paeonia (Healer), Hygeia (Of Good Health), Alea (Refuge), Ambulia (Counsellor), Pronoea (Foresight), Oxyderces (Sharp-Sighted), Coryphasia (Of the Head), Parthenos (Virgin), Coria (Maiden), Xenia (Of Hospitality), Apaturia (Deceiver)
Detail from the statue of Pallas Athena, which dominates the barrier in front of the entrance of the Austrian Parliament in Vienna.
Λεπτομέρια από το άγαλμα της Αθηνάς Παλλάδας που δεσπόζει στο φράγμα που βρίσκεται μπροστά από την είσοδο της αυστριακής βουλής στη Βιέννη.
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To the ancient Greeks, Athena was known as THE SPEAR-SHAKER. They placed her statue on their temples, and when the rays of the sun would dance on her spear, it looked as if she were shaking it. Pallas Athena was the muse and inspiration of Sir Francis Bacon, author of the Shakespearean plays…
Homeric Hymn 39 to Athena
(Greek epic C. 7th to 4th B.C.)
“I begin to sing of Pallas Athena, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed. But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head and stood before Zeus who holds the aegis, shaking a sharp spear: great Olympos began to reel horribly at the might of the grey-eyed goddess, and earth round about cried fearfully, and the sea was moved and tossed with dark waves, while foam burst forth suddenly: the bright Son of Hyperion [Helios the Sun] stopped his swift-footed horses a long while, until the maiden Pallas Athena had stripped the heavenly armour from her immortal shoulders. And wise Zeus was glad. Hail to you, daughter of Zeus who holds the aigis!”
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“You are male and female, o shrewd one who generates war / Form-changing, dragoness, divine inspiration, revered” // Orphic Hymn to Athena
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