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the immortals: athene

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athene is the virgin goddess of intellect and invention. her mother, metis, was the first wife of zeus.

 

athene is called the grim goddess because the snake-headed gorgon medusa is on her shield, but athene’s gift of the olive tree made her grimness tolerable.

 

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