What's the most popular tale of Athena?

Question

I know there's a lot, but what's her most famous story?

Answer 1

My favorite was Bellerophon being told by a wise person to sleep in the temple of Athena, which he did, and she brought him the bridle that allowed him to capture Pegasus. He rode the horse into battle against the chimera. After a little while, he tried to ride to Olympus and was cast off, and Pegasus returned to Athena.

Answer 2

Hesiod's Theogony ...The first significant story of Athena is that of her unusual birth.

Her birth is a curious story. Athena is often regarded as the daughter of Zeus only. Her mother was, in fact, Metis (counsel). Zeus learned that any child Metis bore could possibly usurp the father so when he discovered her pregnant he swallowed her. Later, he had a painful migraine; Hephaestus struck his head with a hammer and Athena, fully armed and grown, sprang from his head. Since Zeus proclaimed that he alone fathered the child, she quickly became his favorite.

The Greeks adored her. They even named a city after her: Athens. She won the city from Poseidon by granting Greece with the simple gift of an olive tree. Athena was THE Greek goddess. She represented wisdom, courage, and protection for many heroes such as Heracles and Perseus. Like Artemis and Hestia, she was a virgin with the plain sort of beauty which being a goddess afforded her, yet she somehow had the audacity to believe it was she who deserved the golden apple marked "for the fairest. Her animal was the owl and her plant the olive tree.

Answer 3

The most popular tale of Athena would have to be The Odyssey by Homer. Athena spends the entire epic poem protecting Odysseus and helping him arrive home.

Answer 4

Chuu-Bra!! Nayu starts her middle school debut by flashing her lacy black underwear. Ready to educate all on the importance of underwear, she begins an underwear club as well. Winter Sonata Joon-sang moves to a rural town in South Korea where, despite being welcomed, he remains quiet due to family issues. One day he meets Yu-jin on a bus and the two fall in love. However, Joon-sang is involved in an auto accident and cannot recall his previous life. Sasameki Koto Sumika Murasame loves her female classmate, Ushio. Ushio is open about liking girls, but her type is cute girls which Sumika is not. She's also afraid that coming out to her friend and love will jeopardize their friendship. Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu: Purezza Yuuto Ayase and Nogizaka Haruka continue their relationship while exploring otaku culture and dealing with Haruka's strange family. Kämpfer Senou Natsuru was a normal high-school boy until he awoke one day to find himself transformed into a girl. As explained to him by a creepy plushie, Natsuru has been chosen to become a Kämpfer. Kämpfer fight against one another using either swords, guns, or magic but to use their abilities, they must be girls.

Answer 5

Athena

Goddess of wisdom with an owl on her shoulder
Born of Zeus for his head could not hold her
Patron of Athens, by the olive they chose her
Flashing-eyed Athena, the virtues composer

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Answer 6

Arachne

Answer 7

I'd say the one about her and Arachne, where Arachne challenges her to a weaving contest and loses and then gets changed into a spider. Look it up, it will probably explain it better than I did =)

Answer 8

When she was invited to a party at an abandoned mental asylum and would win 1 million dollars if she spent the night. She was with five other people and she made it out alive by climbing onto the roof.

Answer 9

Maybe the fact that her birth was more like the bursting out of someone's skull?

Answer 10

she was one big headache to her father.