ATHENA 

acrylic on canvas 120cm x 85cm

Athena 
Goddess of War and Wisdom. Patron goddess of Athens.

According to legend, Athena sprang fully-grown and clothed in armour from the head of her father, Zeus, ruler of the gods on Mount Olympus. It is told that he swallowed his pregnant first wife, Metis, meaning wisdom, so that she would not bear a child stronger than he. In some versions of the story, Athena's birth was assisted by the blacksmith, Hephaestus, who opened Zeus's head with a stroke of his axe.