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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]
Symbols of the goddess Athena. Pages in category "Symbols of Athena" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Only Eris, goddess of discord, was not invited. [216] She was annoyed at this, so she arrived with a golden apple inscribed with the word καλλίστῃ (kallistēi, "for the fairest"), which she threw among the goddesses. [217] Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena all claimed to be the fairest, and thus the rightful owner of the apple. [217]
His symbols include the thunderbolt, eagle, oak tree, bull, scepter, and scales. Hera: Juno: Queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage, women, childbirth and family. The youngest daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Sister and wife of Zeus. Being the goddess of marriage, she frequently tried to get revenge on Zeus' lovers and their children.
Iaso (Ἰασώ), goddess of cures, remedies, and modes of healing; Ichnaea (Ἰχναία), goddess of tracking; Iynx (Ιύνξ), goddess of the love charm; Lelantos (Λήλαντος), god of moving unseen and the father of the nymph Aura by Periboea. Meliseus, god of bees and bee-keeping in Crete. Mene (Μήνη), goddess of the months
The association between the owl and the goddess continued through Minerva in Roman mythology, although the latter sometimes simply adopts it as a sacred or favorite bird.. For example, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Corone the crow complains that her spot as the goddess' sacred bird is occupied by the owl, which in that particular story turns out to be Nyctimene, a cursed daughter of Epopeus, king ...
'youth'), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, often given the epithet Ganymeda (meaning "Gladdening Princess"), [1] is the goddess of youth or of the prime of life. [2] She functioned as the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia.
Peitho, the goddess of seduction and persuasion, was said by Nonnus to be the wife of Hermes. [188] Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, was wooed by Hermes. After she had rejected him, Hermes sought the help of Zeus to seduce her. Zeus, out of pity, sent his eagle to take away Aphrodite's sandal when she was bathing, and gave it to Hermes.