Bust of Athena, type of the “Velletri Pallas” (inlaid eyes are lost). Copy of the 2nd century CE after a votive statue of Kresilas in Athens (ca. 430–420 BC)
Greek Mythology

Athena (Minerva)

Athena, also referred to as Athene, is the Olympian goddess of wisdom, handicraft and war and the adored patroness and protectress of the city of Athens. In her role as protector, she was also revered in many other major cities, notably as patron of Sparta, as the founder of Thebes in Boeotia, and at Corinth where she appeared on the city’s coins. She was essentially urban and civilized, the antithesis in many respects of Artemis, goddess of the outdoors.

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Bust of Athena, type of the “Velletri Pallas” (inlaid eyes are lost). Copy of the 2nd century CE after a votive statue of Kresilas in Athens (ca. 430–420 BC)
Roma Mitolojisi Yunan Mitolojisi

Athena, Minerva (Mitoloji)

Makale: Özhan Öztürk ATHENA (Attik Yunanca: Ἀθηνᾶ, Ἀθηναία; Epik Yunanca: Ἀθηναίη; Dorik Yunanca: Ἀθάνα; İonik: Ἀθήνη) Yunan Mitolojisinde Zeus’un ilk eşi akıl tanrıçası Metis’ten doğma (Hesiod Theogony 886) en sevdiği çocuğu olup, akıl, savaş, sanat, üretim ve beceri tanrıçasıdır. Tanrıça, Roma mitolojisinde Minerva diye anılmaktadır.

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