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Athena: Goddess of Agriculture
Athena Athena, Athena also known as Pallas Athena, one of the most important goddesses in Greek
mythology. Athena sprang full grown and armored from the forehead of the god Zeus
and was his favorite child. He entrusted her with his shield, adorned with the hideous
head of Medusa the Gorgon, his buckler, and his principal weapon, the thunderbolt.
A virgin goddess, she was called Parthenos ("the maiden").
Her major temple, the Parthenon, was in Athens, which, according to legend, became
hers as a result of her gift of the olive tree to the Athenian people. Athena was
primarily the goddess of the Greek cities, of industry and the arts, and, in later
mythology, of wisdom; she was also goddess of war.
Athena was also a patron of the agricultural arts and of the crafts of women,
especially spinning and weaving. Among her gifts to man were the inventions of the
plow and the flute and the arts of taming animals, building ships, and making shoes.
She was often associated with birds, especially the owl.