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Athena

Athena. Birth. Linear B A-ta- na po-ti-ni-ja. Birth of Athena, Athenian amphora, 6 th century BC. Realm: control, goddess of wise counsel, war, the defense of towns, heroic endeavor, weaving, pottery and other crafts, chastity Animal: owl Plant: olive tree

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Athena

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  1. Athena

  2. Birth • Linear B • A-ta-napo-ti-ni-ja Birth of Athena, Athenian amphora, 6th century BC

  3. Realm: control, goddess of wise counsel, war, the defense of towns, heroic endeavor, weaving, pottery and other crafts, chastity Animal: owl Plant: olive tree Symbols: thunderbolt royal scepter, aegis Sacred place: Athens Epithet: bright-eyed, virgin (parthenos), pallas Depiction: shield and spear, wearing aegis, crested helmet Mourning Athena, or Pensive Athena. Severe style relief sculpture, from the Acropolis in Athens, c. 460 BCE

  4. The Parthenon Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friend

  5. Pediments- East above; west below

  6. Frieze

  7. Athena Parthenos

  8. Erechtheion • Autochthonous • Cecrops • Erichthonius • Erectheus

  9. Athena and Pallas Ajax the Lesser drags Cassandra from the Palladium. Detail from a Roman fresco in the atrium of the Casa del Menandro (I 10, 4) in Pompeii.

  10. Athena and Arachne Las Hilanderas (The Weavers)- Athena and Arachne, Velazquez, 1657

  11. Athena Nike

  12. Minerva Head of Minerva, Found at Baths of Caracalla, Rome

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