If the question was "Who were the Athenians?" The answer is the people who lived in the Greek city of Athens. If the question was "Who was Athena", the answer is: Athena wa…s a goddess. She was the goddess of war, wisdom, weaving, crafts, and knowledge. (MORE)
She was the goddess of wisdom. Her symbol is the owl. She helped mankind develop many useful skills. She popped out of Zeus's head after he swallowed a Titan.
first of all its Athena and second of all she had a battle with her uncle poseidon she created the olive tree and he created a water spring and the people of Athens picked the… olive tree over the water spring (MORE)
The was a contest because Poseidon and Athena both wanted that city. Whoever gave the best gift got the city. Poseidon gave a river but it was salt water. Athena gave the firs…t Olive tree which gave food, wood, and oil so she got the city and it was named Athens after Athena. (MORE)
Athena won the competition of creating the gift the people would like most. Poseidon created a water spring, Athena created an olive tree. the people liked Athena's gift more,… and named their city after her. (MORE)