Athena
Morford and Lenardon Chapter 6

Images and Texts

The Birth of Athena

The Sculpture of the Parthenon

    The Parthenon

    The Elgin Marble Controversy

    Nashville Parthenon

Pallas Athena Tritogeneia

Athena and Arachne

    arachnids and arachnology

    lacemaking / weaving / textiles

Character and Appearance of Athena

    aegis

In the Modern World

    Shrine of the Goddess Athena

    Women and the Military in History

    Margaret Fuller, the American Minerva 

(adopted the  persona of “Minerva,” a mythical fusion of transcendental wisdom and goddesslike superiority)

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