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Athena (Greek deity)

LC control no.no2015006898
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingAthena (Greek deity)
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Variant(s)Athene (Greek deity)
Pallas (Greek deity)
Parthenos (Greek deity)
Pallas Athēnē (Greek deity)
See alsoMinerva (Roman deity)
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Associated countryGreece
Found inWork cat.: Gates, D. The warrior goddess, Athena, 1982.
Encyclopædia Britannica online, August 17, 2018: Athena (Athena, also spelled Athene, in Greek religion, the city protectress, goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason, identified by the Romans with Minerva; her epithets Pallas and Parthenos) Minerva (Minerva, in Roman religion, the goddess of handicrafts, the professions, the arts, and, later, war; she was commonly identified with the Greek Athena)
The Oxford classical dictionary, 1996 (Minerva (archaic Menerva), an Italian goddess of handicrafts, widely worshipped and regularly identified with Athena)
Dictionary of classical antiquities, 1956 (Minerva. The Italian goddess of intelligence, meditation, and inventiveness, queen of all accomplishments and arts, especially of spinning and weaving, as practised by women; was identified with Pallas Athēnē; Roman Minerva was represented in art in the same manner as the Greek goddess)
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