Drama Of Ancient Greece

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Metis. He later developed a headache, and here the divergence among the myths merges. Athene was by all accounts Zeus’s favorite child, and in many ways she was the most powerful god on Mount Olympus. Athene had many facets. She was her father’s child in bravery, protecting heroes in battle and just causes in war. But she was her mother’s child in her just, compassionate behavior. She is the patron of the city of Athens, her gift of the olive tree defeating Poseidon’s gift in their conquest for the city. Athene is a virgin goddess, but unlike Artemis, she is equally compassionate towards men and women, and her favorite mortal was a man, Odysseus, whose cunning appealed to her. In one story Athene, unlike the other gods, acknowledges her mistakes. She accidentally killed her dearest friend, the mortal Palas, when she was new to the world, misjudging her own strength. From then on she placed his name before hers, making Pallas Athene her proper name, and her friend and terrible act a part of her forever. Circe was an enchantress encounte...