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so yesterday, i slept over jillys. very fun. but heres the main thing of my entry.. im doing my global project on athena and check out http://www.paleothea.com/SortaSingles/Athena.html its so funny. this guy is retarded. heres some things i read that he wrote about her..
Athena is one of those Goddesses who just inspires awe. Man, she is just sit-your-ass-down-ROCKIN'-cool. First of all, she is the Goddess of more things than I can shake a stick at. Second of all, she has an incredibly cool story of birth, that is very important to her mythology. I'll tell the story here, but if you really want a good understanding of it, you should read it in the Myth Pages
She was the Goddess of Wisdom, Goddess of Military Victory (war with good tactics and winning strategies, not just fighting, like Ares), and Goddess of Crafts. I need to elaborate a little more on that last one, just so you can understand her coolness.
I am telling this story here (briefly) because it is important to Athena (I think), but there is a much better version of this, for your reading pleasure, in the Myth Pages. So! Wayyyyyy back in the day the city of Athens belonged to Poseidon.
Many years later, during the reign of Cecrops (a half-snake dude who was the king there).
Poseidon was totally pissed off, and challenged Athena to mortal combat (he would have got his ass kicked) and Athena was about to accept except that Zeus stepped in and stopped them (he probably didn't want Poseidon killed).
Poseidon was pissed, and - like the stupid boy he was - threw a temper tantrum and flooded another one of Athena's cities
Athena heard and was all like, "Excuuuuuuse me? Please girl, I was weaving before humans existed," and challenged Arachne to a weave-off.
and thats all i felt like putting in here. very proffesionally huh?