Athena Athena, goddess of wisdom and skill was admired by many ancient Greeks. Her symbol is an owl, the bird of wisdom. Being the patron goddess of Athens, her owl is found on Athenian silver coins (Carr, Karen). Since Athena is a war goddess, she is normally portrayed in art by wearing a gold helmet, armour while holding a spear and shield. Athena has been Zeus’ favorite child since she was born, and for this, she had great power (Cartwright). Before Athena’s time, her father Zeus took Metis to be his first wife. Metis became pregnant with Athena soon after that. It was then when Zeus heard a prophecy that the next child Metis bore would grow to over power him. To prevent this from happening, Zeus swallowed his wife while she was still pregnant. When Athena was to be born, Zeus acquired a splitting headache, and he ordered the smith god Hephaestus to split his head open to relieve his pain. As soon as Hephaestus did so, Athena stepped out of Zeus’ head, dressed in full armour (“Athena, Goddess of Wisdom”). …show more content…
She often bragged about her talents, and thought that she was better than Athena. When Athena heard about this, she decided to appear in front of Arachne, disguised as an old lady. When Athena revealed herself to Arachne, she was challenged by Arachne to a weaving contest. Athena weaved about the Parthenon and her contest with Poseidon, while Arachne made fun of the gods by showing their fears and weaknesses in a negative way. Both Athena and Arachne’s work were technically perfect, but Arachne’s was not beautiful because of the images she had wove. Athena became offended by Arachne’s work, and sprinkled her with magical herbs. The herbs transformed Arachne into a small, ugly monster which is known as a spider today (“Athena, Arachne and the Weaving
Ares’ birth was a very odd birth compared to many other Greek gods. Hera was jealous of Zeus having the quality of conceiving a child immaculately. So she got a magical herb to make herself pregnant with the help of Zeus with a process called parthenogenesis. (Turnbull 2) The child she bore happened to be Ares.
Athena’s father was Zeus, the king of the gods and goddess’. Athena had a mother and a stepmother, her mother’s name was Metis. Her grandparents are Kronus and Rhea. Poseidon was Athena’s uncle and Demeter was Athena’s aunt. Hades was Athena’s uncle and Hades had two wives Hera and Hestia. Hera was also Athena’s stepmom. Athena had a cousin who was known as Aphrodite. She had three half brothers, Hermes, Hephaestus and Apollo as well as a half sister named Artemis.
into a bird. I think this was a weakness of Athena. The fact that she
Athena was the Greek Goddess of many ideas, but she was famous mostly for her superior wisdom, her cunning skills in times of war, and her implausible talent for household tasks, such as weaving and pottery. She was celebrated more than any other God in ancient mythology, was the supposed inventor of countless innovations, and her figure gave reason for Greek woman to gain rights long before others of their time. The goddess of war, the guardian of Athens, and the defender of Heroes; Athena’s impact on the lives of Ancient Greeks is outstanding.
The movie depicted Athena as a people pleaser and a stickler for rules. At an early age, she did everything her father said to do. She never question her father why she couldn’t do certain things. Athena never pushed herself to the limit, in other words she was operating in stagnation. A mental health counselor would be useful for Athena, to push her to want more out of her life. Also, the mental health counselor can be helpful to boost her self-esteem, to make her more independent without breaking against Greek’s traditions. For instance, Toula was able to work with computers, which was something she has been wanting to do, and at the same time she was still working with her family. Also, Athena may be dealing with pressure from her family
The Greeks believed the deities provided the city protection and allowed them to be successful in their endeavors while in time of war. Phidias, a master bronze worker, was commissioned to create the sculpture of Athena Parthenos, the goddess of wisdom to show tribute to the gods by creating a large scale sculpture in Acropolis. The Acropolis was the most important site in the city of Athens, and was well recognized as the hilltop of protection. It is also the most significant reference point of ancient Greek culture as well as the symbol of the city of Athens. Some of the greatest architectural masterpieces of the period were erected on its ground.
While working, there were people who would come from remote areas and watch her weave skillfully. On page 19, the text says, “If Athene herself were to come were to come down and compete with me, she could do no better than I.” Her bold action was challenging Athene, a goddess, to a weaving competition. Additionally, on page 19, “Arachne herself flushed red for a moment, for she had really believed that the goddess would hear her.” Arachne took an action that could possibly embarrass herself. During their competition, Arachne had designed “a pattern of which showed evil or unworthy actions of the gods, how they had deceived fair maidens, resorted to trickery, and appeared on earth from time to time in the form poor and humble people.” and Athene had designed “a border of twined branches of the olive, Athene’s favorite tree, while in the middle, figures began to appear. As they looked at the glowing colors, the spectators realized that Athene was weaving into her pattern a last warning to Arachne.” Athene had created that embroidery to warn Arachne, and Arachne made an embroidery to disgrace the goddess. Arachne’s bold action caused Athene to be angry and then turned Arachne into a spider. Arachne’s consequence for her bold action was her descendants and herself to turn into
Athena was born beside the river Triton where she was nurtured by 3 nymphs. One of the nymphs
Athena was the goddess of war and wisdom. Daughter of Zeus and Metis, but born from only Zeus. Gaea the Earth goddess told Zeus that his child would u...
What makes the depiction between Athena and Aphrodite interesting is the different ways they are portrayed even sharing the similarity of being born strictly from male only. Athena from the all-powerful king of the gods Zeus and Aphrodite from Ouronos. Though they were both born from man alone, the content of these births caused Athena to be expressed in a more dignified, respected, and superior way. Hesiod’s recount of the births of Athena and Aphrodite in his Theogony reveals the source of Athena’s superiority. According to the Theogony, Ouranos’ genitals are thrown into the sea where they mix with the sea foam to result in Aphrodite (Hesiod 180-192). Aphrodite is said to be called, by Hesiod, “Philommedes, fond of a man’s genitals” ( Hesiod, 200-201). In contrast, Hesiod writes that Athena is born from Zeus’ head (Hesiod 924) after Zeus consumes her mother Metis, the goddess whose name means wisdom, for fear of her giving birth to someone who was destined to be his match in wisdom (Hesiod 894-900).
Hello there mortals I am Arachne the queen of the spiders. If you are asking how I became the queen of the arachnids well it’s because of Minerva. Well I will tell you the story how it all began, it all started when I was weaving in a forest in Rome. I was a young charming lady with glossy black hair, red shining eyes, and lushes pink lips, and my skin was as gleaming as a diamond. I just about finish my greatest tapestry when a young wood nymph came to me and said Minerva must have given you the gifts of making fine artworks. When I heard said that I asked her name she said the she was juniper. Juniper I said I did not learn from Minerva nor did not train me with these gifts, l had learned these tricks by myself. But juniper gave me an idea she said if you learn this by yourself then how come you did not became the goddess of crafts and art.
shape or form is a major development in the stories of Arachne, Zeus, and Daphne.
Athena is the goddess everyone wants to have as guardian for his life. She went against her uncle Poseidon to fight for her Odysseus. At one point, we can even think that Athena is also in love to Odysseus because she has never him down. But the real truth is Athena is an amazing goddess who protect Odysseus no matter what because this is the Love she has for him
The story Arachne is about a young, narcissistic girl named Arachne, meeting her match against a god named Athena. She is defeated and humiliated. She almosts commits suicide by how humiliated she is. She is stopped by Athena, but gets an unusual punishment. The story takes place in Ancient Greece, in a small town not known by a lot. The action begins when onlookers begin to watch Arachne weave in her loom room. They question how Arachne received that incredible skill without having any gifts from the gods. Arachne tells the onlookers that she learned this skill by herself, working night and day. She also challenges
Arachne was proud of her work. Maybe even a little too proud, since when she heard the people say that she had learned from Athena, she became angry and bragged that her weaving was even better than Athena’s.