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The Olive tree is one of Athena's symbols. When Athena and Poseidon were competing to be the patron of Athens they both had to give one gift. Poseidon gave the city a spring of water and Athena gave the city an olive tree. Because Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea the spring was too salty to drink. So Athena won and from then on the olive was her sacred symbol.

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She says that because she created the olive tree

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