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The Acropolis at Athens (1846) by Leo von Klenze.Athena's name probably comes from the name of the city of Athens. [4] [5]Athena is associated with the city of Athens. [4] [6] The name of the city in ancient Greek is Ἀθῆναι (Athȇnai), a plural toponym, designating the place where—according to myth—she presided over the Athenai, a sisterhood devoted to her worship. [5]
Alea (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέα) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Athena, prominent in Arcadian mythology, under which she was worshiped at Alea, Mantineia and Tegea. [1] [2] Alea was initially an independent goddess, but was eventually assimilated with Athena. [3] A statue of Athena Alea existed on the road from Sparta to Therapne. [4]
Athena, an MGM musical; Athena, a French film; Athena, a 1995 novel by John Banville; Athena: Goddess of War, a 2010 South Korean television drama series; Mourning Athena, a Greek relief sculpture dating around c.470 BC; Athena Parthenos, a Greek statue in the Parthenos
Athena is a female given name of Greek origin, especially in reference to the Greco-Roman goddess Athena. The name has been among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States since the mid-1950s and was the 78th most popular name for newborn American girls in 2022.
One is fought between Diomedes with the direct aid of Athena against Aphrodite (part of Diomedes' aristeia in Book 5). Aphrodite is wounded by the spear guided by Athena; this is the first theomachy to occur chronologically in the Iliad .
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