Athena
by CTCWeb Editors
Associated Beings and Items
A god or goddess alone is inadequately defined since the people, beings, animals and things associate with a god or goddess say a lot about them. Through visual aids and texts, students can learn about the whole god or goddess by the items, people, beings, animals and things that accompany them or that are used in the exploits. Below are citations for selected vases, coins, sculpture and text that demonstrate and explain the people, beings, animals and things associated with Athena. Each representative citation has been selected for its image clarity and description.
People
Herakles
Boston 63.473.
Harvard 1960.312.
Malibu 77.AE.11..
Munich 2301.
Munich 2648.
Worcester 1966.63
Aegina West Pediment 2.
Apollodorus 2.4.11.
Apollodorus 2.5.6.
Hesiod Shield of Herakles 125.
Hesiod Shield of Herakles 451.
Hermes
Munich 1426.
Berlin F 1704.
Apollodorus 2.1.5.
Apollodorus 2.4.2.
Apollodorus 2.4.3.
Pausanias 9.10.2.
Odysseus
Homer Odyssey, et al.
Diomedes
Homer Iliad Book 5.1.
Homer Iliad Book 6.288.
Metis
Apollodorus 1.3.6.
Hesiod Theogony 929.
Pallas
Apollodorus 1.6.2.
Apollodorus Note 1.6.2d.
Apollodorus 3.12.3.
Cecrops
Apollodorus 3.14.1.
Apollodorus 3.14.6.
Erichthonius - Apollodorus 3.14.6. Apollodorus Note 3.14.6g.
Zeus -Apollodorus 1.3.6. Hesiod Theogony 929. Homer Iliad Book 5.734.
Beings
Gorgon
Apollodorus 2.4.3.
Animals
Owl
Dewing 1134.
Things
Helmet
Dewing 1134.
Dewing 1594.
Boston 63.473.
Munich 2648.
Worcester 1966.63.
Athens, Acropolis 1333.
Athens, Acropolis 695.
Aegina West Pediment 2. Herodotus 4.180.1-3. Homer Iliad Book 8.384.
Olive
Dewing 1594. Munich 2648.
9.4.6.3 Sculpture on the Parthenon.
Apollodorus 3.14.1.
Pausanias 1.24.3.
Spear
Boston 63.473. Munich 2648. Worcester 1966.63. Athens, Acropolis 1333. Athens, Acropolis 695. Aegina West Pediment 2.
Robe
9.4.6.3 Sculpture on the Parthenon.
Herodotus 4.189.1.
Homer Iliad Book 5.734.
Aegis
Herodotus 4.189.1. Homer Iliad Book 5.734.
Wand
Homer Odyssey 15.416. Homer Odyssey 16.135.
Flute
Pausanias 1.24.1. Apollodorus Note 1.4.2.a.
