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    The city of Athens is named after which Greek goddess?

    Question #41603. Asked by super babe. (Nov 25 03 11:45 PM)


    mk2norwich

    		Athena (or Athene), the goddess of Wisdom.

    Nov 26 03, 12:20 AM
    griffinj

    		“In the days of King Cecrops a dispute had arisen between Athena and Poseidon for the possession of Attica. To affirm his right Poseidon struck the rock of the Acropolis and a salt water spring gushed forth. According to another tradition it was a horse which appeared under Poseidon’s trident. Athena, in her turn, caused an olive tree to sprout on the Acropolis, a tree which could still be seen in the time of Pericles, still alive despite having been buried by the Persians during the invasion of Xerxes. Asked to settle the dispute the gods, on the evidence of Cecrops, pronounced in favor of Athena.”
    (Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology)


    Nov 27 03, 10:03 PM
    joezhou300

    		Athena

    Dec 04 03, 9:28 PM

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