From: mlwi@swipnet.se   
      
   Den 2007-09-22 17:50:57 skrev :   
      
   > Can any one explain for me  some details about Athena   
   > I only know about one Goddess of Wisdom and  that is  Saraswathi   
   > Please aquaint me  with Goddess of wisdom Athena   
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   ATHENA, also known as Pallas Athena, one of the most important   
   goddesses in Greek mythology. In Roman mythology she became identified   
   with the goddess Minerva. Athena sprang fullgrown and armored from the   
   forehead of the god Zeus and was his favorite child. He entrusted her   
   with his shield, adorned with the hideous head of Medusa the Gorgon,   
   his buckler, and his principal weapon, the thunderbolt. A virgin   
   goddess, she was called Parthenos ("the maiden"). Her major temple,   
   the Parthenon, was in Athens, which, according to legend, became hers   
   as a result of her gift of the olive tree to the Athenian people.   
   Athena was primarily the goddess of the Greek cities, of industry and   
   the arts, and, in later mythology, of wisdom; she was also goddess of   
   war. Athena was the strongest supporter, among the gods, of the Greek   
   side in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, however, the Greeks   
   failed to respect the sanctity of an altar to Athena at which the   
   Trojan prophet Cassandra sought shelter. As punishment, storms sent by   
   the god of the sea, Poseidon, at Athena's request destroyed most of   
   the Greek ships returning from Troy. Athena was also a patron of the   
   agricultural arts and of the crafts of women, especially spinning and   
   weaving. Among her gifts to man were the inventions of the plow and   
   the flute and the arts of taming animals, building ships, and making   
   shoes. She was often associated with birds, especially the owl.   
   (Funk & Wagnall's Enc.)   
      
      
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