ATHENA BLOG 1

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Entry #1: Greek god or goddess (*Research)

ATHENA

Atehna is Zeus and Mētis' daughter. Gaia, one of the goddesses, predicted that when Metis was pregnant, the child was going to overthrow Zeus. Zeus, afraid, swallowed Metis when she was still pregnant. However, when it was about time for Metis to give birth, Zeus had intense head aches and asked Prometheus to open up his head with an ax. As Zeus head was opened up, there was Athena roaring, and surprisingly wearing an armor. Since Athena was born between a god and a goddess, she was automatically a goddess too from birth. Athena and Hercules share the same Father, Zeus. However, Hercules was appreciated for his mighty strength, but Athena was feared by her power and abilities. Their difference is that Hercules, at the end, became a human being, and Athena became one of the "12" gods. Their nature of personalities are similar as they both try to judge for the fairest. However, Athena, in my opinion, is more cruel to people who made mistakes. For example, when Medusa was raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple, even though it wasn't Medusa's fault, Athena punished Medusa to have hair of snakes. On the other hand, Hercules have more mercy as he forgives many people like his girlfriend when she betrayed him. Therefore, I think their intentions of helping the poor and judging for the right and best are similar, but their emotions within those judgements are different.