It is the name by which the goddess of war, science, wisdom, justice, strategy and skill is known in Greek mythology, Athena is part of the group of twelve Olympian gods, in ancient Greece she was one of the most important deities revered, being worshiped from the small populations conquered by the Greek Empire that extended from Asia Minor to North Africa and part of what is now the Iberian Peninsula, her cult spread to such a point that it merged with other religious figures from the Mediterranean areas. On the other hand in Roman mythology it is known by the name of Minerva.
The goddess Athena is the daughter of the titan Metis and the god Zeus (Sons of Cronos). According to Greek mythology, the adjacencies of Lake Tritonis in present-day Libya, was the birthplace of Athena, history tells that when Metis was in a state of gestation and Athena was about to be born, the god Zeus swallowed her, this On the advice of the gods Gea and Uranus, who had predicted that after Metis gave birth to a girl, she would later have a male child, who would be responsible for displacing Zeus from his reign, it is said that at the time of birth, she did it already dressed in armor and giving a war cry that was heard in the sky and theland.
Athena was one of the most important goddesses with regard to Greek art, in addition to that she had great importance in what she represented for the society of ancient Greece, especially in what had to do with justice and wisdom, Its impact has been such that in today's western society its effects can be perceived in what is art. On the other hand, regarding its physical representation, it may have undergone a series of modifications over the years, where different attributes may have been added that may be related to other figures. In the current era, it has been used as a representative figure of what is known as feminism.
