Further Resources: Athena

• Read the story of Athena's birth from the head of Zeus, as told by Apollodorus.
• Find out more about the goddess Athena, from her entry in the Perseus Encyclopedia.
• Browse the catalog entries and see more pictures of the silver coin depicting Athena wearing a helmet, the Boston amphora showing the birth of Athena, or the Toledo krater with Athena in her aegis.
• See the story of Athena saving Amphitryon from Hercules' murderous rage, in Pausanias' Description of Greece.
• As patron goddess of the city of Athens, Athena had the most important temple. Look at the Perseus historical overview's section on the Parthenon, the famous classical temple on the Athenian Acropolis.
• Browse the catalog entries of vases showing Athena and her aegis.

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