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Athena [uh-thee-nuh]
Athena is the Greek virgin goddess of reason, intelligence, arts and literature. She was the daughter of Zeus. It was said she was born full grown , bursting from his head ; unlike his other children she was motherless. As the tale of judgment has it. Athena was one of the two goddesses who lost the beauty contest to Aphrodite. This is part of the reason Athena sided with the Greeks in the Trojan War.Athena was the first goddess who defeated Poseidon in the vote over who would be the patron god of Athens, because her gift was more valuable. Athena gave the olive tree. On Crete it is believed that she was the war goddess who took the shape of a bird. Besides that, she guided people to wisdom and taught them crafts. Like most goddesses there are myths that follow their success such as: She competed with Poseidon for the patron ship of Athens ,She helped Perseus kill Medusa ,she helped Bellerophon become the master of Pegasus. She invented the flute. She made an olive tree grow on the Acropolis and so became the patroness of Athens. She opposed Paris and the Trojans in the Trojan war. She punished the victors of the Trojan war because they were sacrilegious. She helped Odysseus' son Telemachus in his search for his father. They also say she greeted Odysseus when he got home and helped him kill the wooers. The Phenomena we get from Athena would be our craftsmanship and our women empowerment.