ATHENA - THE FOUNDING MYTH OF ATHENS...
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THE FOUNDING MYTH OF ATHEN - DIAG M
ATHENA, GODDES OF WAR, HANDIC FT AND REASON, DAUGHTER OF ZEUS
BEFORE ATHEN BECAME A CITY, TWO POWERFUL GREEK GODS, ATHENA AND POSEIDON, BA LED ITS DESTINY. A FIERCE COMPETITION JUDGED BY THE TWELVE OLYMPIAN GODS TOOK PLACE TO DETERMINE WHO WOULD HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OVER ATHEN.
THE TWO CONTESTANTS MET AT THE HILL OF THE ACROPOLIS TO SHOW THEIR POWERS WITNESSED BY ALL THE PEOPLE OF ATHEN, THE GREEK GODS AND ZEUS. POSEIDON STRUCK HIS MIGHTY TRIDENT ON THE HARD ROCK OF THE ACROPOLIS, CAUSING THE BIRTH OF AN UNDERGROUND SEA AND RELEASING A SALTWATER SPRING. ATHENA PLANTED A TREE THAT IMMEDIATELY GREW ITS FULL SIZE AND WAS ADORNED WITH PLENTIFUL FRUITS WITH HIGH NUTRITIONAL VALUES AND SEVE L USES. THE TREE’S HIGH-QUALITY TIMBER MADE ATHENA’S GIFT SUPERIOR, DECLARING ATHENA THE WI ER.
ATHENA FOUNDED ATHEN NAMING THE CITY AFTER HERSELF AND BECOMING ITS PROTECTOR.
OLIVE TREEOIL, NUTRITIONAL, HIGH QUALITY TIMBER
THE FOUNDING MYTH OF ATHENS SENDS A MESSAGE NOT TO BE DECEIVED BY APPEA NCE; IT REFLECTS THE POWER OF WOMANHOOD AND WISDOM AS ATHENA DEFEATED THE STRONG, MIGHTY POSEIDON WITH A GIFT THAT APPEARED INSIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO HIS. IT DEPICTS HER AS A POWERFUL WARRIOR.
THE ORIGAMI-SHAPED FLOWER RE-TELLS THIS MYTH. THE CENTRE OF THE FLOWER REPRESENTS ATHENA. WHEN THE FLOWER-SHAPED ORIGAMI IS CLOSE, IT MEANS THE BEGI ING OF ITS BLOOMING AND DEPICTING ATHENA AS A ROBUST AND POWERFUL GOD. AS IT EXPANDS, IT SHOWS ATHENA EMB CING THE WHOLE OF ATHEN, PROTECTING IT. THE VELOCITY OF ITS ROTATION SYMBOLISES ATHENA AS A WARRIOR, STRONG AND COU GEOUS.
ZEUS, KING OF ALL GODS JUDGE OF COMPETITION BETWEEN ATHENA AND POSEIDON
POSEIDON, GOD OF THE SEA, EARTHQUAKES AND HORSES, ZEUS BROTHER
GODDESHE DEMETER,APHRODITE, ARTEMIS AND ATHENA
TWELVE OLYMPIAN GODS, JUDGES OF THE COMPETITION BETWEEN ATHENA AND POSEIDON
TRIDENTUNDERGROUND SEA, SALT WATER SPRING
SKIN & PULLEY SYSTEMTHE PULLEY SYSTEM ALLOWED THE SKIN TO BE LIFTED AND OPEN EFFECTIVELY
SKIN & PULLEY LINK
SKIN SYSTEMTHIS SYSTEM ALLOWED THE ORIGAMI SHAPE FLOWER TO OPEN BY STRETCHING IT ON EACH END IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS BY USING THE FLASHER TECHNIQUE
GODSZEUS, DIONYSUS, ARES, APOLLO, HERMES, HAPHAESTUS AND POSEIDON
