Study Guide

Athena (Minerva)

Profile

If you get a chance, you really ought to hang out with Athena while you're on Mount Olympus. Being the goddess of wisdom, she definitely has a lot of smart things to say. Everybody respects Athena. All the famous heroes – Heracles, Jason, Odysseus, etc. – look to her for guidance. So, if you're smart, you'll take a sec to have a convo with the goddess of wisdom.

Basic Information

Name	Athena
Nickname	Minerva (Roman name), Pallas Athena, Athene
Sex	Female
Current city	Mount Olympus, though Athens is a second home.

Work & Education

Occupation	Goddess of Wisdom Goddess of War (Strategy and Defense) Goddess of Justice Supporter of Heroic Endeavors Goddess of Weaving, Crafts, and Skill
Education	I am education.

Beliefs

Political views

I am loyal to my father, Zeus.

Family & Friends (& Enemies)

Parents	Zeus (and perhaps Metis, depending on how one judges such things)
Siblings	My father has many children: Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Dionysus, Hebe, Hermes, the Muses, Pan, Persephone, and more.
Children	I'm too wise to do anything so foolish as to procreate. I did, however, adopt a son named Erichthonius.
Friends	Odysseus Jason Perseus Heracles Nike
Enemies	The Trojans The Titans Medusa Arachne

Relationships

Relationship status	Single, and I'm staying that way.
Interested in	Nobody.

Favorites

TV Shows	PBS Band of Brothers Generation Kill Frasier How It's Made Ingenious Minds
Quotations	"Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." – Plato "Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it." – Albert Einstein "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." – Stephen Hawking
Books	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy The Art of War by Sun Tzu Ulysses by James Joyce The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (I simply adore Minerva McGonagall; she is a worthy namesake.) All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Portrait of Lady by Henry James Siddhartha by Herman Hesse Julius Caesar by Shakespeare Henry V by Shakespeare Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce Because I could not stop for Death by Emily Dickinson Daddy by Sylvia Plath Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Own The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson
Music	Philip Glass Schumann Mozart Chopin Joshua Bell Yo-Yo Ma
Movies	The English Patient Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Henry V Saving Private Ryan Black Hawk Down The Hurt Locker The War

Activities & Interests

Likes	Owls Olive trees (I created the olive tree) Snakes My aegis (which has Medusa's head on it) Battle gear, especially helmets, shields, and spears
Interests	Weaving, at which I am quite proficient Military strategy
Groups	Gods of Olympus I judge you when you use poor grammar. Athens, Greece

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