Athena

Q: What is Athena a goddess of?

Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, and the crafts.

Q: Why is Athena so famous?

Athean is one of the most famous Greek goddesses because she was the favourite daughter of Zeus and patron of one its greatest cities, Athens.

Q: Who is Athena in love with?

The goddess Athena was famous for not being in love with any other god or hero.

Q: Is Athena the goddess good or bad?

Athena is generally a good goddess as a source of wisdom and patron of crafts. Even her association with warfare is usually the aspects related to patriotism, defence, and strategy. Athena could punish people, most famously Medusa was turned into a Gorgon.

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Definition

Athena was the goddess of wisdom, war, and the crafts. She was the favourite daughter of Zeus and was, perhaps, the wisest, most courageous, and certainly the most resourceful of the Olympian gods.

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Timeline

1510 BCE
The traditional date Danaos builds a temple to Athena Lindia at Lindus on Rhodes.
c. 700 BCE
Greek poet Hesiod writes his Theogony and Works and Days.
c. 510 BCE
The Temple of Athena is built at Paestum.
449 BCE
The Hephaisteion, temple to Athena & Hephaistos, built in Athens.
447 BCE - 432 BCE
The construction of the Parthenon in Athens by the architects Iktinos and Kallikrates under the direction of Phidias.
438 BCE
The cult statue of Athena Parthenos is dedicated in the Parthenon of Athens.
c. 425 BCE - c. 420 BCE
The Temple dedicated to Athena Nike is constructed on the acropolis of Athens.
c. 301 BCE - c. 320 BCE
Doric temple to Athena and fortifications of Lysimachus built at Troy.