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Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom Athena was the greek goddess of wisdom, skill and war The roman name of Athena is "Minerva" Genealogy of Athena Athena was born during the battle of the giants by Zeus and Metis, Zeus' first wife, who was keeping inside herself all the world's wisdom. According to a prophecy at that time, Metis would bear a son who would pose a sever threat to Zeus, so Zeus swallowed Metis after she revealed her pregnancy, out of fear he would lose his kingdom. Nine months passed by and then suddenly Zeus started feeling a strong pain in his head and asked the Gods' smith Hephaestus to comfort him. Hephaestus opened Zeus' head with an axe and Athena managed to spring out of Zeus' head, fully-armed. From the first moment on, Athena became Zeus' favorite child. Athena was the patron deity of the city of Athens. She was known as "Athena Nike" (Athena the victorious), as she was believed to have given the Athenians the victory during the Persian War. Athena's attribute was the Aegis and her symbol was the owl. Athena was referred to with the epithet(s): Hippia("guide of the horses") , Nike("victorious") , Pallas("virgin") Soteira("Saviour") Ok, short and sweet... for now.