Posted from Greek Mythology: “Athena, Goddess of Wisdom”
02/12/2015 by AquileanaFascinating Post on Athena, a Greek goddess whose moral and military superiority to Ares derived in part from the fact that she represented the intellectual and civilized side of war and the virtues of justice and skill, whereas Ares represented mere blood lust.
“Minerva, the Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge” by Willem De Poorter. (17th century).
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Athena (Roman Equivalent: Minerva) was the city protectress of Athens and goddess of war, handicraft, wisdom and practical reason.
She was the daughter of Zeus and Metis, but she was born produced without a mother, so that she emerged full-grown from his forehead. The story of Athena’s birth is perfectly told in the post “The Weirdest Births of Mythology”~ Micromythos. It is said that while Metis was pregnant, Zeus ate the fetus following Uranos’ and Gea’s advice, who told him that if a boy was born, he would snatch his father’s power. The fetus was then carried in Zeus’ skull during nine months. After that time, the god had a terrible headache and ask the blacksmith god Hephaestus to split his head with an axe in order to relieve him from his pain. Then Athena, already as…
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Thank you very much dera Linnea for sharing this post on Athena, the Greek God of Wisdom and protector of the city of Athens, ⭐ All the very best to you! Aquileana 😀
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