Athenas story greek mythology

Athena is an important goddess in the pantheon of Greek gods. She may not have had the impact of say Zeus, Poseidon or Hades, but she certainly is worth some time exploring.

Here were have taken a dive into the realms, myths, stories and personality of this interesting Greek goddess.

So without further ado, lets begin!

Athena Myths and Stories

The Birth of Athena

Athena was known to be the daughter of Zeus and Metis, daughter to the Titans. There was a prophecy surrounding Athena’s birth claiming  that if Metis had a son, the son would end up killing his father.

Zeus didn’t want to risk this prophecy from being fulfilled, so he swallowed Metis.

But he suddenly got a horrible headache.

Athenas story greek mythology pdf

It was so bad that he beat his head against a rock to try and make it go away. His son, the god Hephaestus came to his father’s aide and use his mallet to split Zeus’ head open. From his head, Athena sprang to life and from then on was known to be the goddess of wi