where was athena born and what are her weaknesses?
2007-03-26 13:31:15 · 6 answers · asked by Melissa 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Pallas Athena (Minerva)
She was the daughter of Zeus alone. No mother bore her. Full-grown and in full armor, she sprang from his head. In the earliest account of her, the Iliad, she is a fierce and ruthless battle-goddess, but elsewhere she is warlike only to defend the State and the home from outside enemies. She was the protector of civilized life, of handicrafts and agriculture; the inventor of the bridle, who first tamed horses for men to use.
She was Zeus's favorite child. He trusted her to carry the awful aegis, his buckler, and his devastating weapon, the thunderbolt.
The word oftenest used to describe her is "gray-eyed", or as it is sometimes translated, "flashing-eyed". Of the three virgin goddesses she was the chief and was called the Maiden, Parthenos, and her temple the Parthenon. In later poetry she is the embodiment of wisdom, reason, and purity.
Athens was her special city; the olive created by her was her tree; the owl her bird.
Not sure about her weaknesses. Perhaps the cities she protected?
2007-03-26 13:47:10 · answer #1 · answered by crazy_anna_2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Athena was born from Zeus's head. The legend is that one day Zeus got a headache and when they split his head open Athena was born thus she became the goddess of wisdom and patron goddess to Athens. I'm not sure what her weaknesses are.......
2007-03-26 13:41:45 · answer #2 · answered by Krystle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Athena was born w/ her brothers and sisters. All of them were eaten by Cronus (thier father) except for Zues. I don't really know what her weaknesses are.
2007-03-26 13:54:31 · answer #3 · answered by ikillwhales 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
She was borned on Olympus out of Zeus' head in his garden. Don't know her weakness.
2007-03-26 13:36:16 · answer #4 · answered by ƒαη¢нσηєѕѕ тнє нυηтяєѕѕ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, I just say this very same question...
Well I'll tell you the same thing I told the other person.
Someone hasn't done their homework, huh?
2007-03-26 14:39:47 · answer #5 · answered by Mike G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The following are sites for Athena. They also give information
on other Greek gods, heros, and culture, and their Latin
counterparts:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/athena.html
(Perseus Encyclopedia)
http://www.moonspeaker.ca/Athena/athenamain.html
http://zero-point.tripod.com/pantheon/Athena.html
(analysis)
http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html
http://www.theoi.com/olympios/artemis.html
http://www.loggia.com/myth/athena.html
http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Athena.html
http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html
http://waltm.net/athena.htm
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology/Athena.html
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/Athena.html
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9010063/Athena
http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/greek_goddess_athena.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/p/Athena.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/3449/athena.html
http://www.hranajanto.com/GoddessGallery/athena.html
http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/atheneum/athene.html
http://www.athenasoft.org/sub/goddess.htm
http://www.elysiumgates.com/mt_olympus/histathena.html
http://www.ancient-empires.com/athena.html
http://www.uwm.edu/Course/mythology/0500/athena.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/cig/mythology/first-war-first-peace-athena.html
http://www.freewebs.com/adara/allaboutathena.htm
http://www.ascension-research.org/athena.html
http://www.messagenet.com/myths/bios/athene.html
http://web.uvic.ca/athena/bowman/myth/gods/athene_t.html
http://www.timetrips.co.uk/athena.htm
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~setareh/Athena.htm
http://groups.msn.com/kosmosgenesis/athena.msnw
http://www.goldenageproject.org.uk/237athena.html
http://www.columbia.edu/~jac34/athena.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112190/athena.htm
http://www.hiddenmysteries.org/themagazine/vol7/athena.shtml
(e-magazine)
http://www.rahoorkhuit.net/goddess/ancient_priestesses/goddess_of_the_sun.html
http://www.mythinglinks.org/euro~west~greece~Athena.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/athena?method=22
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/athena/athena.html
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/goddess_weekly/62833
http://www.athena-divinewisdom.com/index.htm
http://encarta.msn.com/Athena.html
http://www.loggia.com/myth/galleryathena.html
http://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Athena/athena.html
http://deoxy.org/gaia/goddess.htm
http://www.hfac.uh.edu/MCL/Classics/Athena/Athena.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shrinetoathenapromachos/
(Encyclopedia)
www.pantheon.org
http://athena_mm.tripod.com/athena.htm
http://www.123helpme.com/assets/9012.html
(free essays)
http://www.noteaccess.com/APPROACHES/AGW/Athena.htm
http://www.bartleby.com/65/at/Athena.htm
(Columbia Encyclopedia, and others)
http://www.greekspider.com/greekgods/athena.htm
http://www.lycos.com/info/metis--athena.html
(LYCOS RETRIEVER)
http://www.gurupedia.com/a/at/athena.htm
http://www.themystica.com/mythical-folk/articles/athena.html
http://www.gaiadreaming.org/pellet/winter2001/5.pdf
http://www.lucaslearning.com/myth/pdf/athena.pdf
http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Athena/athena.html
http://freespace.virgin.net/athesa.mills/athene1.htm
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/A/Athena.html
(encyclopedia)
http://www.world-mysteries.com/gw_rbjohnson.htm
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Athena
http://help.com/post/44587-i-need-a-speech-abou-athena-help
(ask for other help topics)
http://www.softassteel.com/myth/story5/
http://persephones.250free.com/athena.html
http://www.freeessays.cc/db/34/mci0.shtml
http://www.crystalinks.com/athena.html
http://www.thelemapedia.org/index.php/Athena
(encyclopedia)
http://www.in2greece.com/english/historymyth/mythology/names/athena.htm
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/circle/articles/pantheon/athena.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/society/A0805189.html
(Atlas, Almanacs, Dictionary, Encyclopedia)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/athena
http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=athena
http://www.in2greece.com/english/history
http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/
http://ancienthistory.about.com/
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology
http://www.loggia.com/myth
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
http://www.messagenet.com/myths
http://library.oakland.edu/information/people/personal/kraemer/edcm/index.html
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia
http://www.worldbook.com
www.encarta.com
http://www.bigpedia.com
www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://www.onlineencyclopedia.org
http://www.egnu.org
(Encyclopedia of Thelema)
http://www.occultopedia.com
2007-03-26 19:27:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋