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Athena
Goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war
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Mattei Athena at Louvre. Roman copy from the 1st century BC/AD after a Greek original of the 4th century BC, attributed to Cephisodotos or Euphranor.
Abode Mount Olympus
Symbol Owls, olive trees, snakes, Aegis, armour, helmets, spears, Gorgoneion
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Parents In the Iliad: Zeus alone
In Theogony: Zeus and Metis[a]
Siblings Aeacus, Angelos, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Dionysus, Eileithyia, Enyo, Eris, Ersa, Hebe, Helen of Troy, Hephaestus, Heracles, Hermes, Minos, Pandia, Persephone, Perseus, Rhadamanthus, the Graces, the Horae, the Litae, the Muses, the Moirai
Children No natural children, but Erichthonius of Athens was her adoptive son
Equivalents
Roman equivalent Minerva
Canaanite equivalent Anat[2]
Egyptian equivalent Neith
Celtic equivalent Sulis
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