God of the Week: Athena

04/18/2011: Athena

Goddess of wisdom, and the patron goddess of Athens. The Parthenon was built in her honor (which was later turned into a temple for the Virgin Mary by the Christian religion, and then a mosque by the Muslims). Veneration of Athena in Athens goes back as far as far as the written records.

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