Athena (Minerva)

Well, as you should know, Athena basically invented weaving. She stood behind the greatest artists of Greece, and taught them the fine and useful arts. She, of course, had great pride in her own work, but she was happy to see her students improve as long as they showed her proper respect.

One of her students was a girl named Arachne. She was amazingly skilled at the loom, and people came from all over to marvel at her weaving. Stupidly, she boasted that she had learned nothing from the Athena, in fact, that she was better than the goddess!

Enraged, Athena challenged Arachne to a weaving competition. Athena wove the most beautiful tapestry ever seen, showing all of the gods in all their brilliance. Arachne's tapestry was also wonderfully beautiful, but the picture that she drew was one making fun of Zeus and his wives!

In a wrath, Athena tore the tapestry to shreds, and turned Arachne into the first spider. That's also were the term: Arachnophobia comes from.

Oh, and if you are interested in learning about the Greek myths, I recommend the

D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths.

Also, if you want to know more about Greek myths, I've been reading an amazing series called Percy Jackson and the Olympians! It rocks!

Ancient Greek. She was known as Minerva to the Romans, though...

The Parthenon in Athens

Athena was an immortal goddess so she never died. She was a daughter of Zeus the god of the heavens. When she was born she sprang out of Zeus' head in full battle armor. She is the goddess of wisdom, battle strategy's, war, and much more.

Cronus or Kronos is the father of Zeus. Cronus was leader of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Gaia and Uranus. Having overthown his own father, he was eventually overthrown himself, by Zeus, to be imprisoned for eternity in Tartarus, the Greek underworld.

Minerva latin name of the ancient Greek goddess Athena she lived on mount Olympus and was daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne

Athena was a immortal goddess so basically she never died. She sprang out of Zeus' head in full battle armor when born. She is the goddess of war, wisdom, battle strategies, and more.

Poseidon and Medusa are some of Athena's enemies/rivals.

Athena is the goddess of wisdom, battle strategy, and arts. She is the patron god of Athens. Her sacred animal is the owl. She created the first olive tree.

SHe Never married

If I am not mistaken, her weakness was compassion.She was a virgin,and she has a big rivalry with Aphrodite.

Zeus and Metis were Athena's parents

Athena was the Greek goddess of war with strengths that included being intelligent, rational, shrewd, and a strong and powerful defender. Her weaknesses included being vain, not usually emotional, let reason rule her actions, and she was petty at times.

She had no FULL brothers/sisters, but she had a half brother Ares.

There are no dates in myth.

She wore a G STRINGGG:D

The story of Athena's birth: When Zeus was warned that if his wife Metis had a son, that he would overthrow his father, Zeus swallowed Metis. Later, Zeus got a terrible headache. Hephaestus, the god a blacksmiths, opened up Zeus's skull and out came Athena, fully grown and dressed in armor.

The story of Arachne: Arachne was a young maiden who weaved beautifully. One day she bragged that she was better than Athena, the goddess of weaving. Angered, Athena visited Arachne in the disguise of a old woman. She told her to take back what she said and honor Athena as the greatest weaver. Arachne refused to and challenged the goddess to a contest. In fury, Athena threw off her disguise and excepted the girl's challenge. Athena weaved a glorious tapestry showing the Olympian gods in all of their glory. Arachne also weaved a flawless tapestry, but it mocked Zeus and all of his wives. In outrage Athena tore apart Arachne's tapestry. The scared Arachne tried to hang herself, but before she could, Athena turned her into a spider.

The story of the contest for Athens: Both Athena and Poseidon wanted to be the patron god of the newly found Greek city. So they decided whoever gave the best gift to the people of that city would have it. Poseidon gave them a spring, but it was salty like the sea. Athena gave them the first olive tree. Athena's gift was judged as the better, since it gave food, oil, wood, and shade. Then the people named their city Athens, after their patron goddess.

none. She was born from Zeus 3 generations later

Athena had no brothers or sisters.

She is a goddess and immortal.

They made it during they were butifying Athens They made it to honer her

People worshiped Athena because her powers were wise. She helped help others to craft. So if they worshipped her they would get what they wanted back.

The symbol of Athena is an owl or an olive branch. The owl represents her wisdom and the olive branch represents how she made the olive tree for the people in Greece.

Athena was the daughter of Zeus and Mites, she is the "goddess of wisdom and battle." Her symbol is the owl. She also is the mother of Annabeth Chase. She is also in the trilogy Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Athena was the daughter of Zeus
She is a Greek goddess that sprang forth from Zeus' thoughts. She is the goddess of wisdom.