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Poseidon and Athena had a contest to see which god/goddess would have a Greek city-state named after them. Poseidon made a spring, and Athena gave them an olive branch.
When she and Poseidon were competing about who should be the namesake of now Athens, Poseidon gave them a horse or stream and Athena gave them a olive tree!
Athena and Poseidon did not get along because they were rivals in being the Patron God of Athens. A contest was held to see which god could give Athenians a greater gift. Athena won by giving the Greeks an Olive tree.
The story of Athena's olive tree is: Poseidon and Athena once we're fighting over a town so they decided to see who could give the people of that town the better gift, Poseidon gave them salt water that helped for nothing at all, and Athena gave them an olive tree.
Athena's olive tree are one of her symbols and it represents peace and goodwill.