I, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill. While many of my family members held specifically one duty, I prove to be the independent one, who studies all of mankind's trades, turning into one of the most loved and honored gods in Greece.
According to the legends, I sprang fully-grown and fully-armed from my fathers Zeus’s head. It is said that my father Zeus swallowed his pregnant wife, Metis, so that she would not have to tolerate a child stronger than he was. My birth was assisted by the blacksmith, Hephaestus, who opened Zeus's head with his axe.
“Zeus announced that one day, overcome by a fearful headache, he had howled aloud like a thousand wolves hunting in a pack. Hephaestus then ran up with an axe and kindly split his head open. Out sprang me in full armor.”Me, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill. While many of my family members held specifically one duty, I proved to be the independent one, who studies all of mankind's trades, turning into one of the most loved and honored gods in Greece.
According to the legends, I sprang fully-grown and fully-armed from my fathers Zeus’s head. It is said that Zeus swallowed his pregnant wife, Metis, so that she would not have to tolerate a child stronger than he was. My birth was assisted by the blacksmith, Hephaestus, who opened Zeus's head with his axe.
“Zeus announced that one day, overcome by a fearful headache, he had howled aloud like a thousand wolves hunting in a pack. Hephaestus then ran up with an axe and kindly split his head open. Out sprang Athena in full armor.”
Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill. While many of Athena's family members held specifically one duty, she proves to be the independent one, who studies all of mankind's trades, turning...