Athena’s mother’s name is Hera, and her father’s name is Zeus. Hera is the queen of all the gods. Zues the husband of Hera is the king of all the gods. When Hera was pregnant Zeus swallowed Hera and he said he had a very bad headache so he sent Hermes, the messenger god, and then all of a sudden Athena appeared out of his forehead, and she was dressed from head to toe with armor. She was not born an infant, but a grown wise woman. That is definitely the strangest way to give birth.

Athena kind of has a nickname, which is gray-eyed. She is also the protector of the city Athens, and

Penelope and the beggar meet up one night to talk about Odysseus. Penelope is thrilled that she knows he is all right. So she offers the beggar to have his feet washed by the nurse. The nurse begins rubbing his legs and sees Odysseus’s scar on his thigh and whispers loudly that she knows that scar and that he is Odysseus, and Penelope over hears this. Athena then suddenly appears and fixes the problem by erasing that part of her memory.

Through out the story of the Odyssey, Athena can transform herself into anyone or anything to disguise herself so people don’t know she is a goddess. She can also disguise other people too. She uses this power in the story “The Odyssey” in the beginning of the story she shows up as a mentor. By doing this she helps guide Telemachas who is Odysseus’s son to find his father. Telemacus and Athena set sail to Pylos and Sparta to look for Odysseus. Telemachas feels that he needs to listen to her. She also uses this power to disguise herself as one of Princess Nausica’s friends to tell her that she needs to look into marriage. So one might think that she might end up marrying one of the characters in the story.

represents the olive tree. Athena is called the mind of gods because she is a very intelligent person. One might say that she is kind of like an owl because owls represent wisdom, and Athena is a really wise woman. Athena is also Zeus’s favorite daughter. She was the only other god that was trusted enough to carry his thunderbolts. Athen

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