Athena

Ara Cho

Agenda

• Who is Athena?• Relationships• Domain of Athena• Symbols• Special Powers• Personality Traits• Arachne& Athena• Interesting Facts• Bibliography

•Also Known as Minerva•Full name: Pallas Athena•Goddess of wisdom, war, art, industry, and skill•Favorite child of Zeus•Best weaver in the world

Who is Athena?

Relationships

•Born from Zeus’s head

•Mother: Metis

•Father: Zeus

•Best friend: Pallas

Domain of Athena

• Athens

• Won Athens from a quarrel with Poseidon

• Gave olive tree as present

• Has many temples at Athens

• Wisdom

-snakes

-owls

• Trees

-Mulberry

-Oak

-Olive

Symbols•War

-Shield

•Skill

-Weaving

-Wool Working

Special Powers

• Weapon

-Armor

-Zeus’s Buckler with Medusa’s head

-Spear

-Sometimes use thunderbolt

•Skillful

-weaver

-sculptor

WISDOM!!!

Personality Traits• Heroic

• Caring for justice

• Fair

• Wise

• Independent

• Strong

I ROCK!!!!

Arachne& Athena

• Myth of how spiders were created • Arachne thinks she’s the best weaver• Challenges to Athena• Athena gets angry& makes Arachne feel guilt• Arachne commits suicide• Athena makes her spider• Check out short video about Athena & Arachne

Interesting Facts

• Parthenon was dedicated to Athena

• Was a virgin

• Only god to use Aegis, Zeus’s shield

Bibliography• "Athena." picture. Google. 3 June 2009

<http://www.solarsabbath.org/images/athena.jpg>. • "Map of Greece." map. Wikipedia. 3 June 2009

<http://www.resortvacationstogo.com/images/maps/cc/110.gif>.

• "Athena's Birth." picture. Google. 3 June 2009 <http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~mdillon/greekhis/athena01.jpg>.

• "Metis." picture. Google. 3 June 2009 <http://www.eso-garden.com/images/uploads_bilder/women_in_greek_myths.jpg>.

•"Athena weapons." photograph. Google. 3 June 2009 <http://www.thecaveonline.com/WORLDHISTORY/ENRICHMENT/PARTHENON/Athena.gif>. •"Tapestry Frame." photograph. Google. 3 June 2009 <http://www.thecaveonline.com/WORLDHISTORY/ENRICHMENT/PARTHENON/Athena.gif>. •"Sculpture." photograph. Google. 3 June 2009 <http://www.norbulingka.org/sculpture/images/process3.jpg>.

•"Character of Athena." picture. Google. 3 June 2009 <http://studentpages.scad.edu/~stardi20/webstuff/Athena_web.jpg>. •"Parthenon." photograph. Google. 3 June 2009 <http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20Else/images/parthenon-and-the-acropolis.jpg>. •"Aegis." photograph. Google. 3 June 2009 <http://aegis-technical.com/aegis1.1.gif>. •'Arachne' by Nick Kozis. 26 Sep. 2008. Youtube. ithentic. 3 June 2009 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW3Bbav7w4A>.

•"What are the symbols of Zeus Hera Athena Demeter Apollo Poseidon Ares Artemis and the other Greek gods and goddesses?." Wikianswers.com. 3 June 2009 <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_symbols_of_Zeus_Hera_Athena_Demeter_Apollo_Poseidon_Ares_Artemis_and_the_other_Greek_gods_and_goddesses>. •"What are the symbols of Athena?." Wikianswers.com. 3 June 2009 <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_symbols_of_Athena>.

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