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ID: 901000069
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000069
Record Type: Character/Person

Athena (Greek deity)

Note: Greek city protectress, patroness of Athens and other cities, goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason; identified with the Roman Minerva. daughter of Zeus, produced without a mother, so that she emerged full-grown from his forehead. There was an alternative story that Zeus swallowed Metis, the goddess of counsel, while she was pregnant with Athena, so that Athena finally emerged from Zeus. Being the favourite child of Zeus, she had great power. Athena was essentially urban and civilized, the antithesis in many respects of Artemis, goddess of the outdoors. Athena was probably a pre-Hellenic goddess and was later taken over by the Greeks. Yet the Greek economy, unlike that of the Minoans, was largely military, so that Athena, while retaining her earlier domestic functions, became a goddess of war.

Names:
Athena (Greek deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Pallas Athena (Greek deity) (English,U)
Athene (Greek deity) (English,U)
Athina (Greek deity) (English,U)
Ἀθηνᾶ (Greek deity) (Attic Greek-P,D,N)
Ἀθηναία (Greek deity) (Greek)
Ἀθάνα (Doric Greek,U,N)
Ἀθηναίη (Greek deity) (Greek)
Athēnā (Greek deity) (Greek (transliterated),U)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Athena (Greek deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... Judgment of Paris
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Judgment of Paris (Greco-Roman narrative)) [901000636]
is actor for .... Athena Promachos
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek allegory, symbolism, theme, Athena Promachos (Greek theme)) [901002020]
is actor for .... Discovery of Erichthonius
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Discovery of Erichthonius (Greek narrative)) [901002195]
associated with .... Athena Parthenos
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek allegory, symbolism, theme, Athena Parthenos (Greek theme)) [901002401]
focus of .... Athena Ergane
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek allegory, symbolism, theme, Athena Ergane (Greek theme)) [901002363]
focus of .... Athena Kynthia
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek allegory, symbolism, theme, Athena Kynthia (Greek theme)) [901002364]
focus of .... Athena Polias
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek allegory, symbolism, theme, Athena Polias (Greek theme)) [901002366]
focus of .... Athena Pronaia
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek allegory, symbolism, theme, Athena Pronaia (Greek theme)) [901002367]
counterpart is .... Minerva
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Roman iconography, Roman characters, Minerva (Roman deity)) [901001041]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... goddess
.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Athenian
.....(Attic (culture), Ancient Greek (culture or style), Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
patron/protector of .... Athens
.....(Region of Attica, Greece, Europe) (TGN)
deity of .... war
.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Athena (Greek deity)
................Waal, ICONCLASS (1975)
................Grove Art Online (2008-)
................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92C2 (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2015006898
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Pallas Athena (Greek deity)
................Waal, ICONCLASS (1975)
Athene (Greek deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Athina (Greek deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Ἀθηνᾶ (Greek deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
Ἀθηναία (Greek deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
Ἀθάνα
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena
Ἀθηναίη (Greek deity)
................Wikipedia (2000-)
Athēnā (Greek deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Athena," accessed 11 January 2011
................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92C2 (story of) Minerva (Pallas, Athena)
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2015006898

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