Preview

Greek Myth of Athena

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
378 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Greek Myth of Athena
In a small town in Northern Greece, there once lived a beautiful girl with the name Arachne. Arachne was known for being a very skillful weaver and spinner. However, Arachne was a very vain girl and couldn’t stop boasting about her talent. She claimed that she had learned the skills all by herself and that there was no one else in the world who could weave as well as she could. She even felt that she could compete against Athena, the goddess of skill, and win with ease.

When Athena heard these words, she got offended. She came down to reclaim her title and prove that no mortal could create anything more beautiful than her. Athena decided to disguise as an old lady and appear in front of Arachne. She told Arachne "I am old and have much experience from life, so let me give you one advice: don’t ever mess up with a goddess! No mortal can compete against Athena. Take back your words and kindly ask for forgiveness" Arachne got furious and threw the thread against the old woman, telling her "I don’t need your advice; I know best what I can do! If Athena really dares, then she should come here and compete against me!" At that moment, the old woman transformed herself into the radiant goddess Athena.

Soon the competition started and both contestants were doing really well. Athena wove a tapestry depicting the greatness of the gods and their triumphs, portraying them as wonderful, divine beings. Arachne, on the other hand, chose to weave her tapestry with a very different story. She was making fun of the gods by weaving scenes of gods full of weaknesses and fears. After a short period of time, It was obvious to all that Arachne's tapestries truly were better and this angered Athena.
In a fit of rage, Athena then destroyed Arachne's tapestry, loom, and slashed her face. Arachne, unable to bear anymore punishment decided to commit suicide. Athene then told her "You may be foolish and stubborn, but you seem to love your work. So why don’t you go ahead and spin

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Satisfactory Essays

    Athena descends from the heavens stands behind Achilles and grabs a fst full of his hair. She speaks to him telling him not to kill the king, he obeys and she returns. Thinas actions sugges that she favors Achilles where as hero who is worshipped by both men cares for them equally.…

    • 336 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    In book 7 and 8, Athena alters how Odysseus appears to others. In book 7, Odysseus has arrived in Phaeacia and makes his way to the King’s palace. During his walk, the narrator explains how Athena alters Odysseus’s appearance: “Pallas Athena, harboring kindness for the hero, drifted a heavy mist around him, shielding him from any swaggering islander who’d cross his path… [and] search out who he was” (VII.16-19). Here, Athena tries to help Odysseus by concealing him during his journey by surrounding him with mist. Mist conceals or hides objects that would otherwise be visible. This shows that Odysseus wants to be hidden from other people, and is not ready to be in the public eye yet. The narrator also explains the mist shields him from the islanders.…

    • 283 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In Greek mythology, Athena is regarded as the goddess of Wisdom. She uses her wisdom to aid Odysseus on his journey back home to his family, through various trials and tribulations. Athena’s guidance can be seen when Odysseus is finally being allowed to leave Calypso’s island, which outraged Poseidon. Poseidon sends a great wave to wreck Odysseus’s ship and possibly drown him in the vast ocean but instead Athena helps him survive. “But Zeus’s daughter Athena countered him at once./ The rest of the winds she stopped right in their tracks,/commanding them all to hush now, go to sleep./ All but the boisterous North-she whipped him up/ and the goddess beat the breakers flat before Odysseus,/ dear to Zeus, so he could reach the Phaeacians,/ mingle with men who love their long oars/ and escape his death at last.” (Ody. 5. 421-427). Another example of…

    • 1499 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Athena was the goddess of power and wisdom, and she cared a lot for Odysseus, who was struggling to find his way back home, so she helped him in some difficult situations. However, she was kind of passive while he was fighting, letting him fight his own battles as she sat back and watched him prevail. She also helped Telemachus so he could earn a name for himself in battle. She is confident, smart, a great warrior, and she is also the goddess of the womanly arts. Athena lived on Mount Olympus with all the other Greek gods, and she was a big supporter of Odysseus while the other gods debated whether to help him. Athena also has an important role in the town she live in as an protector from all enemies. Athena got her name from another town name…

    • 152 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Athena Role Model

    • 801 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Athena is one of the most well known goddesses from ancient Greece. She is Goddess of Wisdom and of War and is a good example of the template used for our modern day female superhero. Often called a feminist goddess, she is described as strong in both her character and body, independent and fierce, wise and rational. The story of Athena’s birth is well known. Zeus consumed the Titan goddess Metis and began to suffer a headache, Hephaestus then splits Zeus’ head open to relieve the ache and out of the wound sprung Athena. If you look close enough, Athena was born of man and woman asexually, but it was often said, even by Athena herself that she was born only of man. This course of action is a denial of the maternal origin and her mother is never seen in ancient myth as a disrespect. The denial of birth and female power to give birth commandeers this power and creates another layer of patriarchal views on the creation of life in the world. She belongs to only her father and sees herself as his greatest and most trusted heir. She was a part of the world in a way the women of her time were not allowed to be, a goddess of both war and wisdom, when the women in society were seen as irrational and unpredictable by the men around them. But she still remains a beacon of what a perfect women should be in their society, virginal, beautiful and loyally pledged to…

    • 801 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Odysseus and Athena

    • 330 Words
    • 2 Pages

    2) Odysseus and Athena. Compare their relationship with that of Job and God from the Hebrew Bible. What does this suggest about the religious attitudes of the Hebrews and the Greeks.…

    • 330 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Antigone is impulsive, stubborn and doesn’t let anybody stop her from what she wants to do. She was caught trying…

    • 1284 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    It is now clear, as Creon eventually realises, that “Polynices was only an excuse”, and that, as a result of her stubbornness, her death may be unavoidable. Antigone views this quest for happiness as pathetic and worthless; she despises this idea of spending every day of her life trying to “snatch her own little scrap of happiness”, transforming her argument and presenting a new side of her…

    • 1145 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Odysseus is on a journey to return to his home and to his faithful wife, Penelope, in Ithaca after the fall of Troy. Additionally, the war took ten years and his journeys took another ten years. Therefore, it is unknown to the suitors that Odysseus is still alive. Consequently, Odysseus has to be careful and concerned for his own life while returning to his homeland from battle. In Addition, Athena, who is the daughter of Zeus, can be considered the protector of Odysseus throughout his journey.…

    • 641 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Athena is one of the most important Goddesses of Mount Olympus. She gave guidance to those who seeked it. She was brave and very intelectual no matter the circumstance. She was also has one of the strangest stories of becoming a goddess. Let’s start with the story of how Athena came to be.…

    • 875 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    After Antigone is captured by king Creon, she showed no fear at the point of no return. Although her death is near, she is willing to die with the glory and pride from honoring her brother. Then, Creon orders Antigone to be taken away and she says to…

    • 516 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Better Essays

    Aphrodite's - Essay

    • 1171 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Aphrodite was very beautiful and because of this beauty Zeus feared that the other Gods would fight for her hand in marriage. This would result in interrupting the peace among the other Gods and lead to war. So Zeus decided to marry Aphrodite off to the ugliest of the gods, Hephaestus. The homely craftsman-god couldn’t believe his luck so Hephaestus used his talented skills to make the most Sumptuous jewels for her. He made her a girdle of finely wrought gold and wove magic into the filigree work. When she wore her magic girdle no one could resist her, as you can see this wasn’t very wise as she was already too irresistible. Although Hephaestus was very hard working and practically worshiped the ground Aphrodite walked on, this was not good enough for her. She was not pleased about being his wife because she loved liveliness and glamour. She was unfaithful to him with Ares. Aphrodite loved was loved by many gods and mortals therefore, she had many lovers both gods and mortals. The most famous mortal was Adonis. She was both his lover and his surrogate mother. The story goes, the king of Cyprus, Cinyras had a beautiful daughter named Myrrha. Myrrha’s mother ended up committing Hubris (Which…

    • 1171 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Athena In The Odyssey

    • 582 Words
    • 3 Pages

    ak to the people they are watching over such as the instance in the Odyssey where Athena comes to Ithaca to visit Telemachus and reassure him that his father will be coming home and recommends a journey for the boy and to wait a year to allow him to make it home (pg.296). Though Telemachus may have not known it was Athena this is an example of a seen and heard Goddess which allows for her to reassure the boy. It is also seen with Achilles and Athena in the Iliad when Achilles is about to fight to the death with Agamemnon, on lines 205 and 206 it says “Athena came sent by the white-armed goddess Hera who loved and watched over the two men” (pg 194). In this scene it goes on to display a scene of the gods taking their power of visibility and…

    • 582 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Antigone Research Paper

    • 602 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The well-known play, Antigone, is a representation of classic tragedy written by Sophocles. The story’s protagonist, Antigone, is portrayed as a tragic hero whose efforts to keep her family close quickly backfire on her. When Antigone’s brother dies, she wants to face the consequences and do the right thing in order to respect her brother and properly bury him. Antigone’s sister, Ismene, also displays the heroic qualities that Antigone does when she attempts to save her sister for being prosecuted. The classic qualities of a tragedy are displayed in the story, and these can also be found in many other tragedies later in literature. The important qualities that a tragedy always has can help analyze other novels and stories later are the heroism of the protagonist and the emotional connection the audience will sympathize for the protagonist.…

    • 602 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Antigone Gender Roles

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Then Antigone courageously accepts her punishment of being put to death, failing to adhere to the king's expectation that she will submissively attempt to escape her sentence (A21).…

    • 637 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays

Related Topics