Birth of Athena: A Clever Strategy?

Posted on | December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment

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The myth of the birth of Athena was not just an engaging and extraordinary fragment of Greek mythology. It was also an effective strategy of the Mycenaean to prevail over the older matriarchal culture of the native Minoans in Crete, resulting to a distinctly patriarchal* [...]

Athena

Posted on | February 16, 2008 | 1 Comment

Athena is perhaps the most celebrated Olympian god in all of Greek mythology. She is the namesake and patron goddess of the city of Athens. Throughout her life she never married or had a lover, and so was also known as Athena Parthenos, meaning “Athena the virgin.” As such, the great Parthenon in Greece was [...]