Athena

great civilization of the Ancient World, there was a great deal of emphasis on the

Gods and Goddesses. To the Greeks the world was governed by the Gods and they

were the reason many things happened in the world, mostly thing that where

unexplainable. The goddess Athena was one of the many gods or goddesses that

played a large role in Greek mythology. Even though Athena was the patron saint

of Athens she supported other Greeks outside of Athens, such as, Achilles,

Orestes, and especially Odysseus (“Athena”-1).

Athena is know to be the goddess of war, guardian of cities, patroness of

arts and crafts, and promoter of wisdom (“Images of Women...”-1). Athena’s

name actually came form the Cretan and Mycenean name Athene which predates

the Greeks by about 1,500 years (Daly-20). The ending ‘-ene,’ was set aside for

royalty and goddesses, like Helene (Harris-4). She was also called by some Greeks

as Pallas Athena. Not many people know where the name Pallas came from.

Some legends say she obtained it from the giant Pallas that she killed in the war of

the gods and giants (Grant-Hazel 83). Another legend says that Athena

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