Athena (Minerva)

Athena in Wikipedia

Athena (pronounced /əˈθiːnə/) or Athene (/əˈθiːniː/; Attic: Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnā or Ἀθηναία, Athēnaia; Epic: Ἀθηναίη, Athēnaiē; Ionic: Ἀθήνη, Athēnē; Doric: Ἀθάνα, Athana; Latin: Minerva), also referred to as Pallas Athena (Παλλάς Αθηνά; pronounced / ˈpæləs/), is the goddess of war, civilization, wisdom, strength, strategy, crafts, justice and skill i...

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Athena in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀθήνη or Ἀθηνᾶ), one of the great divinities of the Greeks. Homer Hom. Il. 5.880) calls her a daughter of Zeus, without any allusion to her mother or to the manner in which she was called into existence, while most of the later traditions agree in stating that she was born from the head of Zeus. According to Hesiod (Hes. Th. 886, &c.), Me...

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