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  2. Athena - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Athena with cross-strapped aegis - Wikipedia

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    It also shares notable similarities with the Ince Athena in the National Museums Liverpool, which is dated to the late 4th century BC., [3] although the style of the heads differ with relation to hairstyle and headgear - the Athena Ince has a helmet. Nevertheless, the similarities suggest that the Athena with cross-strapped aegis is based on ...

  4. List of art deities - Wikipedia

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    Bait Pandi: the Bagobo goddess of weavers who taught women weaving [12] Fu Dalu: the T'boli goddess of the abaca; speak and guide weavers on how to create patterns and designs, which are remembered in dreams [13] Mamiyo: the Ifugao stretcher of skeins, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving [14]

  5. Chalceia - Wikipedia

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    ‘Athena Ergane’ was a specific title given to Athena as the patron of crafts, particularly weaving. Under this moniker, she was the goddess of all handicrafts, or functional artwork. To honor this, on the day of the festival, a loom is set up by the priestesses of Athena and the Arrephoroi. From the loom, a great peplos is warped and woven.

  6. Category:Athena - Wikipedia

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    Pages and categories relating to Athena, goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology. ... Pages in category "Athena" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 ...

  7. Mourning Athena - Wikipedia

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    The Mourning Athena. The so-called Mourning Athena (or Greek: Σκεπτομένη Αθηνά "Pensive Athena") is an Athenian marble relief dated circa 460 BC which depicts Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare and patron-deity of the city of Athens.

  8. Myrmex (Attic woman) - Wikipedia

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    Myrmex was an Attican girl famed for her cleverness and her chastity, and for this reason she was loved by Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom. [3] When Demeter created crops, Athena wished to show the Atticans an effective way of sowing the fields, so she created the plough, with Myrmex by her side. But Myrmex stole some sheaves, and ...

  9. Athena Demegorusa - Wikipedia

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    Athena's mouth is small, with thin lips that are half-opened; the edges of the oral slit indicate use of a drill. [3] The Athena Demegorusa belongs to the statuary type known as Vescavali, and is a copy of a fourth-century BC Greek original. [1] That original might had been a work by Praxiteles. [2]

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