WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Athena is
A
Goddess of the hunt and moon
B
Goddess of wisdom
C
Goddess of love and beauty
D
Queen of the gods
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Athena, the goddess of wisdom and military victory, and also the patron of the city of Athens, was Hercules ‘ half-sister. Her parents were Zeus and Metis, a nymph.

Detailed explanation-2: -Athena. Athena was the goddess of reason, wisdom, and war. She famously sprung fully formed from the forehead of Zeus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Althought Athena is a virgin goddess, she mothered the god Erichthonios by Hephaestus. According to myth, she went to Hephaestus wanting some weapons forged. When Hephaestus tried to rape her, she protected her virginity and he ejaculated on her leg. She wiped it off with a piece of wool, throwing it onto the ground.

Detailed explanation-4: -Athena was an armed warrior goddess. The Parthenon at Athens was her most famous shrine. She never had a true lover or someone to hug and hold her; all she had was her loving mother, caring father and most of all her brothers and sisters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Athena is typically depicted as a virgin goddess with no husband or offspring. However, according to a story by the first-century Roman author Hyginus, Athena (called Minerva) is married to Hephaestus (called Vulcan), the god of blacksmithing and artisans.

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