... after her. The Greeks also built the Acropolis, with its centerpiece consisting of the Parthenon, a temple made to honor Athena. Athena character is represented differently in the Iliad and the Odyssey. In the Iliad, written by the poet Homer, Athena is portrayed as a fierce and ruthless warrior goddess, who takes pleasure in war and fighting. In the ... Odyssey, also written by Homer, Athena is still very powerful, but only fights to defend the State. She showed wisdom, purity, and reason, as well as the the patron of the ... he used Athena to compare her to a character displaying co...

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