Athena
Divine Intelligence
Goddess Athena is the Ancient Greek Goddess of wisdom, handicraft and warfare. Although she derives her name from the city of Athens, she was patron of many cities, and her temples were erected in their center on the Acropolis. Athena was born from the head of Zeus and entered a competition with Poseidon, wining by creating the first olive tree. She meddled a lot with human events and her feud with Aphrodite and Hera resulted in the beginning of the Trojan war. In a weaving competition, Athena stood against Arachne whom she afterwards turned into a Spider.
Plato's 50 Cents
Since the Renaissance, Athena has become a symbol of the arts, wisdom, classical learning, freedom and democracy in Western culture. Plato states the origin of her name is divine intelligence. Athena appears as a young woman, wearing a helmet, shield and spear, and is often shown accompanied by an Owl, as a symbol of watchfulness and wisdom. On her shield is a Gorgoneion amulet with the head of Medusa depicted as protection and warding off evil and danger.
Defender & Peacemaker
Athena’s superpowers are rationality, intelligence, being a powerful defender in war, but also a potent peacemaker, using her mental faculties for both strategy and diplomacy. Her weakness is that she is not usually emotional or compassionate, although she had her favourites. Athena also lends inspiration. She is the Goddess of civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill.
The Third Eye
Her duties and areas of sovereignty are many, which shows us how important she was in ancient times, having so many things attributed to her. At the same time, this makes perfect sense, because she was born from the forehead of Zeus, the Third Eye, thus incorporating mental, as well as spiritual faculties. Intelligence and rationality are as much part of this as is divine inspiration and artistic creativity.