Greek mythology
Athena
Goddess of wisdom, strategy, and civic order
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Siblings
- Ares
- Group
- Divine · Olympians · Wisdom · War
- Appears in
- Athena · Arachne · Ajax: The Arms of Achilles · Bellerophon · Judgment of Paris · The Odyssey
- Places
- Mount Olympus · Athens
- Objects
- The Aegis
- Family tree
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Athena is the grey-eyed goddess of wisdom, just warfare, and craft, born fully armored from the head of Zeus. Patron of Athens, which she wins with the gift of the olive tree, she favors the cunning and the brave, guiding Odysseus, Perseus, and Heracles through their trials. A virgin goddess of strategy rather than slaughter, she embodies the disciplined intelligence that wins where brute force fails.
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- Who is Athena?
- Athena is the grey-eyed goddess of wisdom, just warfare, and craft, born fully armored from the head of Zeus. Patron of Athens, which she wins with the gift of the olive tree, she favors the cunning and the brave, guiding Odysseus, Perseus, and Heracles through their trials.
- Which mythology does Athena belong to?
- Athena belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Athena appear in?
- Athena appears in Athena, Arachne, Ajax: The Arms of Achilles, Bellerophon, Judgment of Paris, The Odyssey, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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