She never married or had lovers, and held a perpetual virginity. She was unbeatable in war, not our Labres could beat her.
Athena, goddess of wisdom and patroness of war. She was born near Lake Tritonis in Libya. She is the daughter of Zeus and Metis; the first was considered the king of the gods, who had enormous authority over the gods of Olympus, however, Metis was part of the historical race of gods that reigned in the Greek Golden Age. These 2 deities conceived Athena, at the time when Metis was pregnant Zeus swallowed her, under the influence of Uranus and Gaia, who discovered that Metis would give children much more powerful than their father, which would cause Zeus to be deposed from the empire. But Zeus could not end the life of his future son, when the gestation period ended Zeus felt an annoying headache. For this reason, Hephaestus ordered that his head be cut off with an ax to fix the problem, as a result, Athena emerged from the head, in an adult and armed state.
Athena set her sights on the Greek polis, although Poseidon also intended to become the protective deity. To resolve the confrontation, the two chose to offer a gift to the town, so that the Athenians themselves decided on this. In the presence of the king of the Athenians, Cecrops, Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and a fountain of water emerged from the ground. However, since Poseidon was the king of marine waters, the source that flowed was brackish water. Athena, for her part, taught the king the mysteries of growing the olive tree, a tree that gave the Athenians both the opportunity to eat and to generate oil from its fruit. Cecrops, ambitious in view of the economic options of the new harvest, proclaimed himself victorious against Athena; In this way, he became the protector and primordial deity of Athens.
Athens and the eyes of the owl
Athens was the jewel in the crown of Greece and the gods vied for the privilege of being its ruler. The myth of Athena says that finally she and the god Poseidon entered into a rivalry to become the protectors of that polis. Poseidon gave the villagers a lake, which he formed the moment he struck the earth with his trident. However, the waters were brackish, so it was not useful for the residents.
Athena, for her part, planted an olive tree and taught the Athenians the mysteries of its cultivation. The fruit was highly prized and was also considered a symbol of peace. Therefore, without doubt, the inhabitants chose that the town would be ruled by the goddess Athena.
Hera (Juno for the Romans)
Hera is the Greek goddess of marriage and among the first goddesses to be venerated by the Hellenes, primarily in the area of Samos, where there are several old sanctuaries. They were discovered in her homage, where she was honored with the sacrifice of peacocks and cows. Religiously, she was associated with housework, motherhood, and family.
In the Pantheon of Olympus, she held a space of authority, as sister and wife of the father god Zeus, with whom she conceived the gods Illithia, Labres and Hebe. However, in her mythological tales she is depicted as a suspicious consort in the face of her husband’s various infidelities, acting vengefully against her lovers and the illicit children they engender from her.
Athena’s Powers
The goddess Athena has multiple permissions and divinities that give her fantastic powers. Although she considers herself the warrior goddess, she is also famous as the goddess of peace, as she is the one who represents just war.
In the same way, multiple legends locate Athena as the goddess of civilization, protector of the region and of the inhabitants of Athens, and also goddess of reason and feet on the ground. As a goddess of ability and a great warrior, she is assigned a great daring military strategy.
Athena Parthenos
The goddess Athena receives the old Hellenic name of Athena Parthenos, which truly means «the virgin goddess», from which the name of the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, the best-popular temple, comes from where the goddess is worshipped.
Athena was loved by several gods and giants but she rejected them all, she did not have a husband or a lover but they do not talk only about preserving her virginity but rather about complying with moral precepts and chastity, Medusa dared to make love to Poseidon in a temple destined for the goddess and she punished her by transforming her hair into snakes and her eyes petrified anyone who looked at her.