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With the epithet Zeus Aetnaeus he was worshiped on Mount Aetna, where there was a statue of him, and a local festival called the Aetnaea in his honor. [354] Other examples are listed below. As Zeus Aeneius or Zeus Aenesius (Αινησιος), he was worshiped in the island of Cephalonia, where he had a temple on Mount Aenos. [355]
The Roman mythographer Hyginus [176] records a similar story in which Hephaestus demanded Zeus to let him marry Athena since he was the one who had smashed open Zeus's skull, allowing Athena to be born. [177] Zeus agreed to this and Hephaestus and Athena were married, [177] but, when Hephaestus was about to consummate the union, Athena vanished ...
Athena then transformed the dead Perdix into a partridge. Periphas: Eagle: Zeus Periphas was a pious and respected king of Attica. He was so beloved that people started worshipping him as Zeus. That displeased Zeus, who meant to kill him, but because Periphas was so pious, Apollo convinced Zeus to turn Periphas into an eagle instead.
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]
The aegis on the Lemnian Athena of Phidias, represented by a cast at the Pushkin Museum. The aegis (/ ˈ iː dʒ ɪ s / EE-jis; [1] Ancient Greek: αἰγίς aigís), as stated in the Iliad, is a device carried by Athena and Zeus, variously interpreted as an animal skin or a shield and sometimes featuring the head of a Gorgon.
A coin featuring the profile of Hera on one face and Zeus on the other, c. 210 AC. Roman conquerors of the Hellenic East allowed the incorporation of existing Greek mythological figures such as Zeus into their coinage in places like Phrygia, in order to "augment the fame" of the locality, while "creating a stronger civil identity" without "advertising" the imposition of Roman culture.
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These vases depict large battles, including most of the Olympians, and contain a central group which appears to consist of Zeus, Heracles, Athena, and sometimes Gaia. [98] Zeus, Heracles and Athena are attacking Giants to the right. [99] Zeus mounts a chariot brandishing his thunderbolt in his right hand, Heracles, in the chariot, bends forward ...