#athena goddess

[sarnai4]

Athena: You really should read more.

Ares: Why do that when I can just fight?

Athena: What if the book is about battles?

Ares:...yeah right. As if that would happen.

Athena: The last one I read had a fight sequence every few chapters. It was pleasantly gory.

Ares: You've got my attention.

Athena: And the protagonist had to become the strongest out of everyone.

Ares: Ooooh.

Athena: And there was a giant battle at the very end which will determined the fate of the world.

Ares: Well, what are we waiting for? We've got a book to read!

(Image from Bored Panda)

[ditoob]

“Showing Athena around the Greek Camp”

Recorded by Odysseus Laertides (1700 b.C.)

[sarafangirlart]

It’s odd how Athena is Zeus’s favorite but she doesn’t seem to like him back, not only did she participate in Hera’s coup against him but even in the Iliad she was upset with him.

[chicken-blitz13]

Shout out to Athena

[bambiilooza]

Hi Bambii!!!

Can you draw Athena holding an owl like this i would find that rather amusing/nf ofc :3

But like instead of a barn owl it’s a Little Owl since that’s the owl that represents her i think idk i might be wrong

OMG YES!!

love that little owl i drew

[just-helpol-things]

Little thing I made for Lady Athena 🩶

[hunterofartemis7]

AU where Athena adopts both Odysseus and Diomedes.

Athena: *flies back to Olympus after snatching up Diomedes after his father died (or whatever happened to him. Something with cannibalism)*

Diomedes: *6 years old clinging to Athena for dear life*

Athena; *lands in her room* Odysseus! I’m back!

Odysseus: *6-7 years old popping out from under the bed* mama! *runs over and hugs her leg*

Athena: *sets Diomedes and ruffles Odys hair* Odysseus this is Diomedes, he’s going to be your new brother

Diomedes: *hiding behind Athena, small wave*

Odysseus: hi! Wanna see where my uncle hides all the good snacks?

Diomedes:….*nods*

Odysseus: *grabs his hand and drags him to Hermes place*

Athena:….well that went better than expected

[bat-tism]

Finished my devotional piece to Athena, and of course, it had to be the most challenging one so far. I had to redo the outline three times, and completely scrap it twice.

[greeknerdsstuff]

Odysseus to Athena

[legendaryfugitives]

I’ve been looking for pose ideas for Athena. I took these cute screenshots from one episode of Disney’s Hercules the Animated Series.

[royal-wren]

Favorite/Lesser known/Lesser focused on Athene (Athena) epithets.

Athene Aithyia - Seabird (the grey puffin or shearwater, also known as the sea-crow).

Athene Alalkomenêis: - Defender/Parrier

Athene Amaria - Bright Sky

Athene Anemôtis - Of the Winds/Subduer of Winds

Athene Atrutônê - Tireless

Athene Boulaia - Reasoner

Athene Ergatis - Craftsman

Athene Glaukopis - Owl-eyed, clear-eyed, bright-eyed, large-eyed with a sparkling look, or with the flashing eyes. Her eyes are bright like an owl's in the night (at the very least) or have an uncanny look to an owl's eyes, giving her this title.

Athene Hephaestia - Of Hephaistos. The master of crafts like sculpting, woodwork, and metal work also shared by Hephaistos

Athene Homolôis - The Constant/Concord

Athene Kalliergos - Fine-worker

Athene Keleutheia - Of the Roads

Athene Narkaia - The Petrifying One/One with the Petrifying Gaze

Athene Nauta - Shipbuilder. Aside from the myth of creating the first ship, it is also used for navigation and protection by the goddess while sailing

Athene Pandrosos - All-Doer

Athene Phemia - Of Verbal Omens

Athene Proxima - Goddess of nearness (as Walter F. Otto translates it, the one who is always near her followers, in contrast with the distance of Apollo). She is always standing by her followers and worshippers.

Athene Phronesis - Creator of Morally Responsible Reasoning

Athene Polymetis - Wise in Many Ways

Athene Ophthalmitidos - Of the Eyes. As someone that is legally blind and with still worsening vision, it's important to me as she is a goddess that gives understanding and other gifts (other ways of seeing) in regards to it.

Athene Salpingks - Trumpeter/Of the War Trumpet

Athene Tritogeneia - Water-Born/Born From The Water. Indicating her many associations with water as a whole whether that be fresh water or salt water, and goes in the direction of her father being Poseidon over Zeus

Sources: one, two, three, four, five, six

[sarnai4]

Ares (to a pillow): You're the coolest goddess in the whole school--no, world! The prettiest too. (Stops to write that down)

(Athena goes past the room and stops to listen)

Ares (to the pillow again): It would be a pleasure--honor...which one's better?

Athena (popping into the doorway): Are you practicing what you're going to say to Aphrodite?

Ares: Are you eavesdropping?

Athena: I think the answer to both of our questions is 'yes.'

Ares (tosses pillow at her)

[ditoob]

Post-Odyssey selfie

[sarafangirlart]

In art and literature, Pegasus (and by extension Chrysaor) was born from Medusa’s head fully formed, but wouldn’t it be funny if Pegasus and Chrysaor were born as babies so Perseus and Athena had to take some accountability for orphaning their monstrous cousins? Idk I just thought this would be amusing.

Also in my retelling, Perseus sneaks up on Medusa while she’s asleep and her sisters aren’t home, but he slips up and Medusa wakes up and they fought.

[diana-thyme]

Greek Gods 101: Athena

Athena is a deity of wisdom, good council, war, the defense of towns, heroic endeavors, weaving, pottery, and other crafts. Excluding the universal offerings, some common offerings include:

Books

Yarn

Olive Oil

Weaving Tools

Clay

Notebooks

Quills and Other Writing Tools

Depictions of Owls

Depictions of Spiders

For devotional acts, some activities that can be done for her include:

Studying

Learning New Things

Learning How to Fight

Learning About the Military

Protecting Yourself, Your Friends and Family, and Your Home

Crafting

Weaving

She is celebrated in multiple Athenian holidays;

Kallynteria and Plynteria

Skira

Athenian New Year

Synoikia

Panathenaia

Niketeria

Demokratia

Oskhophoria

Khalkeia

[zpyt1hneva16]

E-offering for Lady Athena🦉