Athena is the child of Zeus and Metis, Zeus’s first wife. Zeus found out that Metis will have a son that will overthrow him, so he swallowed his wife when she was pregnant to Athena to prevent it from happening. However, when he was making a robe and helmet for his daughter, he got a headache so he went to Hephaestus for help. Hephaestus was the god of smith and he split Zeus’s head open to let Athena out. Athena came out full grown in her robe and helmet.
She came to be Zeus’s favorite daughter and his advisor as well. Athena also became the patron of deity of Greece’s greatest city, Athens. She was the goddess of war, wisdom, arts and crafts, and protector of civilized life. She is described to be nice, modest and very generous. Although at times, she can have a bit of temper. Such a time was when Athena challenged Arachne in a weaving contest. Arachne was a great mortal weaver who boasted of her excellence and claims that she is better than Athena. In the end of the......

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