Athene uh THEE nee

Goddess of Wisdom

There is always a degree of uncertainty when we try to be specific as to the names and origins of the Greek gods. This is especially true of Athene. She is called Athene in The Iliad but after 500 B.C.E. she is referred to as Athena. Some of her various other names are of uncertain meaning: Pallas Athene (the ‘young woman’ Athene?) and Glaukopis (blue eyed?) are a few examples. She is also called Tritogeneia because she was raised by the nymphs of the Tritonian lake in Lybia.

From mountain to temple to house

Bob Trubshaw

‘All over the world, certain mountains are considered to be the abodes of the gods. Examples are numerous and cosmopolitan. The ancient Greeks had their Mount Olympus; the Hindus Mount Meru and Mount Kailas; the Tibetan Buddhists, Kanchenjunga; the North American natives, Bear Butte, Mount Shasta, and the San Francisco Twin peaks; the ancient Britons had Mount Snowdon and Glastonbury Tor; and the Jews Mount Sinai and Mount Horeb.’ Nigel Pennick [1]