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Dearest Lady Athena, godess of wisdom, war and handicraft.

Pallas Athena, my strong and wise godess.

Today I call upon you, to thank you.

Brillant Athena, godess of wisdom and strategy, protector of the just.

Today I give thanks to you, oh goddess of clear thought and knowledge.

For helping me to stay motivated to study.

For the strenght you granted me to face the challenge of my exam.

For the wisdom that guided my mind when answers felt unclear.

And for your merely presence, which gave me the courage to persist.

Polias, guardian of cities and their people.

In a sign of devotion and gratitude, I humbly offering you my drawing,

A token of my thanks for aiding me today,

Gray-eyed goddess, who sees with clarity and fairness.

You are my guide, my protector, my inspiration.

To study, to think, to be myself and to overcome every obstacle.

Daughter of Zeus, unmatched in strength and intellect.

Help me, guide me, inspire me, strengthen me.

That I should honor you through my efforts, dedication and achievements.

May your wisdom flow through me as I prepare for my final exams.

And may my success be a reflection of your divine guidance and my devotion to you.

Pallas Athena, I devote this prayer and offering to you.

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Moon over the Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece.

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o Lady Athena, wise, wonderful, thanks for the help with that exam, i did so much better than i expected! thank You for the guidance (and the much needed callouts)

may You guide me in my quest for knowledge of the world, and help others know not just their enemies and their obstacles, but themselves also.

hail Athena, wise and of good counsel!

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Goddess of wisdom

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A guide to worship of Athena - cheat sheets

Hellenic cheat sheets

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🦉Before entrance exams prayer🦉

Khaire Athena!

Wisdom in her truest form!

Guide me for college entrance exams,

hold my hand as I pick up my pencil,

ease my anxieties as I enter to room,

ease my mind while answering,

guide me, my dearest goddess, to pass,

Athena! Wise goddess be with me and my friend for this exam!

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DEITY 101 : ATHENE

ATHENE [Αθηνη] Olympian goddess of good counsel, war, and crafts 🌿

EPITHETS ✴ Nike - victory ✴ Areia - warlike / of war ✴ Sthenias - Strong ✴ Hippia - of the horses ✴ Eryma - Defender ✴ Soteria - Saviour ✴ Alalcomeneis - Protectoress ✴ Paeonia - Healer ✴ Alea - Refuge ✴ Ambulia - Counsellor ✴ Apaturia - Deceiver ✴ Oxyderces - Sharp - sighted ✴ Coria - Maiden ✴ Xenia - Of hospitality ✴ Cissaea - Of the growing ivy ✴ Axiopoinos - Returning vengeance ✴ Mater - Mother ✴ Gigantoletis - Destroyer of giants ✴ Gorgolaphas - Gorgon crested DOMAINS ✴ Wisdom ✴ Good counsel ✴ War ✴ Defence of towns ✴ Heroic endeavours ✴ Weaving ✴ Pottery

DEVOTIONAL ACTS ✴ Engaging in crafts like weaving, pottery, and crochet ✴ Invest in your education ; do you homework, study ✴ Advocate for those in need ✴ Learn self defence ✴ Play strategy games (board games, chess, cluedo)

FAMILY AND ATTENDANTS ✴ Parents: Zeus and Metis ✴ Consorts: None ✴ Hero children: Erichthonius of Athens

ASSOCIATIONS ✴ Symbol(s): Shield ; Spear ; Aegis ; War helm ✴ Plants: Olive trees ; Ivy ; Cypress ✴ Animals: Owls (Barn owls) ; Snakes ; Rooster ; Crow ; Spiders ✴ Colors: Gold ; Blue (upg) ✴ Tarot cards : Justice ; Temperance (upg) ; The high priestess ; The emperor ✴ Planet and Day: N/A

HOMERIC HYMN

Homeric Hymn 11 to Athena (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th to 4th B.C.) : "Of Pallas Athena, guardian of the city, I begin to sing. Dread is she, and with Ares she loves the deeds of war, the sack of cities and the shouting and the battle. It is she who saves the people as they go to war and come back. Hail, goddess, and give us good fortune and happiness!"

Homeric Hymn 39 to Athena : "I begin to sing of Pallas Athena, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia. From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed. But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head and stood before Zeus who holds the aegis, shaking a sharp spear: great Olympos began to reel horribly at the might of the grey-eyed goddess, and earth round about cried fearfully, and the sea was moved and tossed with dark waves, while foam burst forth suddenly: the bright Son of Hyperion [Helios the Sun] stopped his swift-footed horses a long while, until the maiden Pallas Athena had stripped the heavenly armour from her immortal shoulders. And wise Zeus was glad. Hail to you, daughter of Zeus who holds the aigis!"

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my fav mother Athene epithets <3

🫒 Νικη (Nike) - victory 🫒 Αλεα (Alea) - escape (to refuge) 🫒 Απατουρια (Apatouria) -deceiver 🫒 Κισσαια (Kissaia) - of the growing ivy 🫒 Μητηρ (Mater) - mother 🫒 Κελευθεια (Keleutheia) - of the road 🫒 Γοργολαφας (Gorgolaphas) - gorgon - crested 🫒 Οξυδερκης (Oxyderkes) - sharp sighted 🫒 Σωτειρα (Soteria) - Saviour 🫒 Παιωνια (Paeonia) - Healer

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Favorite/Lesser known/Lesser focused on Athene (Athena) epithets.

Athene Aithyia - Seabird (the grey puffin or shearwater, also known as the sea-crow).

Athene Alalkomenêis: - Defender/Parrier

Athene Amaria - Bright Sky

Athene Anemôtis - Of the Winds/Subduer of Winds

Athene Atrutônê - Tireless

Athene Boulaia - Reasoner

Athene Ergatis - Craftsman

Athene Glaukopis - Owl-eyed, clear-eyed, bright-eyed, large-eyed with a sparkling look, or with the flashing eyes. Her eyes are bright like an owl's in the night (at the very least) or have an uncanny look to an owl's eyes, giving her this title.

Athene Hephaestia - Of Hephaistos. The master of crafts like sculpting, woodwork, and metal work also shared by Hephaistos

Athene Homolôis - The Constant/Concord

Athene Kalliergos - Fine-worker

Athene Keleutheia - Of the Roads

Athene Narkaia - The Petrifying One/One with the Petrifying Gaze

Athene Nauta - Shipbuilder. Aside from the myth of creating the first ship, it is also used for navigation and protection by the goddess while sailing

Athene Pandrosos - All-Doer

Athene Phemia - Of Verbal Omens

Athene Proxima - Goddess of nearness (as Walter F. Otto translates it, the one who is always near her followers, in contrast with the distance of Apollo). She is always standing by her followers and worshippers.

Athene Phronesis - Creator of Morally Responsible Reasoning

Athene Polymetis - Wise in Many Ways

Athene Ophthalmitidos - Of the Eyes. As someone that is legally blind and with still worsening vision, it's important to me as she is a goddess that gives understanding and other gifts (other ways of seeing) in regards to it.

Athene Salpingks - Trumpeter/Of the War Trumpet

Athene Tritogeneia - Water-Born/Born From The Water. Indicating her many associations with water as a whole whether that be fresh water or salt water, and goes in the direction of her father being Poseidon over Zeus

Sources: one, two, three, four, five, six

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LESSER-KNOWN TITLES OF LADY ATHENE

★ aethyia - refers to Her as a teacher of ship-building and navigation

★ ageliea - as the leader/protector of people

★ agoraea - protector of assemblies of people

★ anemotis - subduer of winds

★ axeiopoenos - the avenger / returning vengeance

★ chalinitis - tamer of horses

★ mechaneus - skilled in inventing

★ kissaia - of the growing ivy

★ paionia - healer

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Athena Digital Shrine🦉🗡️⚖️

“Beauty may be dangerous, but inteligence is lethal.”

⋆ ⚖︎｡ About Lady Athena ⋆｡°✎ᝰ ˎˊ˗

—🦉 THE BASICS

— 🦉 NAMES AND EPITHETS

— 🦉 SYMBOLS

— 🦉 DOMAINS

— 🦉 MYTHS

— 🦉 RELANTIONSHIPS

⋆ ⚖︎｡ Research/Worship ⋆｡°✎ᝰ ˎˊ˗

— 🏛️ HISTORICAL CULTS

— 🏛️ FESTIVALS

— 🏛️ ANCIENT WORSHIP PRACTICES

— 🏛️ MODERN DEVOTION

Modern subtle worship

— 🏛️ LITERATURE

⋆ ⚖︎｡ Art in her honor ⋆｡°✎ᝰ ˎˊ˗

— 🗡️ POEMS

—🗡️ LETTERS

— 🗡️ DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS

— 🗡️ STATUES

— 🗡️ CRAFTS

— 🗡️ MUSIC

⋆ ⚖︎｡ Devotion ⋆｡°✎ᝰ ˎˊ˗

— 🧵 OFFERINGS

— 🧵 RITUALS

— 🧵 DEVOTIONAL ACTS

— 🧵 SPELLS

— 🧵 PRAYERS

— 🧵 HYMNS

⋆ ⚖︎｡ Divination and Guidance ⋆｡°✎ᝰ ˎˊ˗

— ⚖️ DREAM MESSAGES

— ⚖️ TAROT READINGS

— ⚖️ ORACLE READING

— ⚖️ OTHER DIVINATION

— ⚖️ INSIGHTS AND SIGNS

⋆ ⚖︎｡ Miscellaneous ⋆｡°✎ᝰ ˎˊ˗

— 🩶MY OFFERINGS TO HER

Draw that I made of her

— 🩶 MY GIFTS TO HER

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athena, aphrodite and ares!

they are some of my favourites in the game, especially ares!!

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Athena Subtle Worship: Symbols and Domains

Wisdom:

— 📚 Read greek mythology books

— 📚 Study daily for university

— 📚 Devote my study session to her

— 📚 Learn Chess

— 📚 Research Ancient Civilizations, Especially Ancient Greece

— 📚 Put your education and university above romantic relantionships

Animals

— 🦉Research, support and watch documentaries about owls

— 🦉Become a night owl

— 🦉 Research and Learn about snakes

— 🦉 Have plushies of snakes, owls.

— 🦉 Have a amulet of an owl

— 🦉 Research about owl as a spirit animal

Crafts

—🧵 Learn sewing and knitting

— 🧵 Grow a plant in her honor

— 🧵 Cook with olive oil or create something with it (own essential oils)

War

— 🗡️Learn how your area was used in past wars

— 🗡️ Read dystopian novels of war

— 🗡️ Have a self-defense tool in your bag

Justice

— ⚖️ Learn about the history of women’s rights

— ⚖️ Practice Fairness with yourself and others

— ⚖️ Study the laws and politics of your country.

Misc.

— 🩶 Honor her every 3rd of the month

— 🩶 Put boundaries in relantionship, learn your boundaries

— 🩶 Stand up for yourself

— 🩶 Practice self-confidence

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𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒂 ; 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎, 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆 ⚔️🦉

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"I begin to sing of Pallas Athena, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia…”

- Homeric Hymn to Athena

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May Lady Athena

Help clear your mind

When you need it most.