By: Morgan Barnett

Goddess of what?

• Athena is the goddess of Wisdom, the goddess of warfare, strategy, the crafts, and reason.

• She is a kind and caring goddess, but she has her bad sides.

Her Birth

• Athena was born in a strange way.

• She was born out of her father’s head. She was born completely clothed with armor ready for battle.

Why Athens is Called Athens

• Both Athena And Poseidon both wanted the same city name after themselves. So Zeus decided for them to have a contest. Both were to give a gift to the towns people.

• Poseidon created a well, it was beautiful but it only squirted out sea water. So it wasn’t that useful.

• Athena gave the towns people an olive tree, which gave the people olives and olive oil. So Athena won.

Athena the Inventor• Athena is a very liked goddess. She

has given many gifts to man kind.• She invented the bridle, the trumpet,

the flute, the pot, the rake, the plow, the yoke, the ship, and the chariot.

The Parthenon• The Parthenon is one of

Athena's temples. It is a very big very beautiful building. The Parthenon is in Athens.

• Athena is the embodiment of wisdom, reason, and purity.

• So she is the reason for the little order there is in the world.

• She is one of the three virgin goddess.

Embodiment

Athena and Medusa• Medusa was very beautiful person, but she was

very vain. One day she snuck into Athena’s temple. With her boyfriend Poseidon.

• This angered Athena so to punish her by tuned her into a hideous monster.

Reference Slide

• Pictures; http://www.crunchyroll.com/showphoto?id=4295352441

• Info: http://www.goddes-athena.org, http://www.classicsunveiled.com, http://www.mythman.com, http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu, http://www.goddessgift.com.

• Animations:• http://www.heathersanimations.com