Pallas Athena
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Excerpt from the book:
Athena, goddess of wisdom, was born from the head of Zeus. An unusual birth, but one with a very logical explanation: wisdom springs from the head of the lord of gods and men! There is a strange myth which tells us how this came about.
In those distant times when Olympian Zeus ruled over the heavens and the earth, a great danger came to threaten the almighty lord of the world. Nobody had any suspicion of the threat which was looming, not even Zeus himself. However, there was one goddess, Mother Earth, who could even foresee the fates of the immortals. She alone saw the danger and appeared before Zeus, saying:
“It is a terrible burden to bear such fearful tidings, but tell of them I must. Hear me, Zeus, thrower of thunderbolts. You have committed a grave error and an evil fate is in store for you. A son of yours will oust you from your throne, just as befell your father, great Cronus, and your grandfather Uranus before him. You should never have married Metis, daughter of white-haired Oceanus, even though she is the wisest of the immortals and knows better than any of us how to tell good from evil. And now listen to me carefully: you will have two children by this sea-goddess. The first of them will be Athena, who is already in her mother’s womb. The new goddess will be as wise and powerful as you are yourself. She will be a good and loving daughter, more willing to help you in your work than any other of the immortals. Later, however, Metis will bear you a son who will surpass in strength and daring all the other gods of Olympus, including even you. But he, unlike Athena, will not bow to your rule. Cruel and ambitious, he will use his power to further his own interests. And when that happens, woe betide you, son of Cronus! For you will be cast down from the lofty heights of Olympus into the yawning depths of Tartarus, and exchange your airy palaces for a dungeon dark as pitch. While the new lord of the world is seated upon your stately throne, you will lie groaning in heavy chains with no hope of ever being set free.”
“Mother of the gods,” replied Zeus, “I can hardly believe the things which you foretell. Indeed, had these words come from any other mouth, I would not have believed them. I know that you speak nothing but the truth. Yet let me tell you this: I shall not bow to my fate; I shall overcome it!”
Menelaos Stephanides
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